Since 2005 the village Sivka-Vojnulivska has been facing the resistance between Danish company “Danosha” and local population against the plans of the company to construct the piggery with the capacity of 11,900 animal units in the village. The company was given the land plot in a lease for 49 years by rayon state administration for the piggery construction but it failed to implement its plans due to the protesting activities of local population. Latter had been trying all the possible tools to prevent construction of such environmentally unsafe facility. Left without support of the village council, the local population applied for the legal aid to EPL in 2010 and EPL assisted local activists in carrying out of local referenda. It showed that almost 100 % of local residents were against the construction of the piggery and other facilities of Danosha within the territory of village council. Local people had negative attitude towards this company due to the facts of illegal use of private land plots for manure disposal, inadequate operation of manure storage facilities and creation of unbearable living and leisure conditions.
Under the pressure of the local population the village council took an unilateral decision to terminate the land lease contract with Danosha which later was challenged in court by the company. During the court hearing the public discovered lots of violations of the laws during the allocation of the land to Danish company in 2005. As a result, in May, 2013 “Danosha” company agreed to terminate the land lease agreement and signed the necessary annex to the land lease agreement, guided by the desire to keep the good neighborhood relationships with local population.
As for today, local residents await the cancellation of the state registration of land lease agreement and are ready to fight against violations of their rights, showing positive example for local communities in the region which are suffering from the adverse effect from piggeries and other related facilities.
EPL is ready to provide legal aid to citizens who are suffering from similar problems.
For additional information please contact:
M.Antoniv,
Member of initiative group of village Sivka-Vojnulivska
Tel: (096) 451 – 94 – 98
O.Melen-Zabramna,
Head of legal unit of EPL,
tel.: (032) 225 – 76 – 82; (067) 722 – 19 – 88
