During the control measures carried out over the past week, facts of illegal cutting of greenery were discovered in the cities of Baku, Sumgayit, Ganja, and Salyan district.
“Elchi” reports that the State Environmental Security Service has released information regarding this.
During the investigation, it was determined that 199,620 manats of damage was caused to greenery as a result of illegal tree cutting on Uzbekistan and Shirin Mirzayev streets in the Nizami district of Baku, at 75 Novruzov Brothers Street in the Nasimi district, on Matbuat Avenue in the Yasamal district, on Samad Vurgun and J. Jabbarli streets in Sumgayit, as well as at the intersection of Nizami and Polad Hashimov streets, in the 3rd microdistrict area of Ganja, and in the administrative territory of Salyan district.
Since the amount of damage caused to greenery in each case constitutes a criminal offense, the collected materials have been sent to law enforcement agencies for legal assessment.