ecology

Activist calls on Dimitrovgrad officials and citizens to block planned Mazgoš lignite mine

Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, head of the Ecological Uprising parliamentary group, has urged the mayor of Dimitrovgrad, Vladica Dimitrov, and the city council to oppose the planned lignite mine near the village of Mazgoš and to abandon the project. He warned that the mine, covering 20 hectares with four hectares designated as a waste dump, threatens the local water supply for the entire Dimitrovgrad area. According to the project, approximately 1.1 million tons of lignite would be extracted, requiring around 80…