Inwoners in Robertson het verlede week gesukkel om asem te haal \u2013 alles weens erge rookbesoedeling.<\/p>\n
Volgens een inwoner is die rook veroorsaak deur die brand van indringerplante wat deur \u2019n gekontrakteerde maatskappy uitgeroei word.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie rede is dat die maatskappy wat gekontrakteer is om indringerplante langs die Breederivier uit te roei, die plantmateriaal nou doelbewus aan die brand steek.\u201d <\/p>\n
Die inwoner was ontsteld omdat hierdie aktiwiteit minder as een kilometer buite die dorp plaasgevind en die rook direk in die dorp se rigting gewaai het.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie ligging van di\u00e9 aktiwiteit was minder as een kilometer buite Robertson-dorp, reg oorkant die Silwerstrand-gholf-landgoed. Die wind het digte rookwolke direk na die dorp toe gewaai. Ek was in die middedorp en my bors het behoorlik gebrand. As inwoner van Robertson maak ek ten sterkte beswaar teen hierdie doelbewuste besoedeling, wat boonop \u2019n gesondheidsrisiko veroorsaak. My kommer is dat die brandbesoedeling blykbaar oor \u2019n paar dae sou voortgaan.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk en my vrou is al twee asmalyers en ons het op \u2019n tydstip gevrees ons sou in die hospitaal beland.\u201d <\/p>\n
Die inwoner noem ook dat hy die maatskappy verantwoordelik vir die uitroei van die plante gekontak het om sy misnoe\u00eb uit te spreek.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk is ingelig dat die maatskappy \u2019n brandpermit by die Kaapse Wynland- distriksmunisipaliteit (KWDM) in Stellenbosch vir die projek bekom het. Indien waar, is dit heeltemal onaanvaarbaar. Hoe is dit moontlik \u2013 is die publiek wat aan die rookbesoedeling blootgestel word, ooit geraadpleeg?\u201d<\/p>\n
Die distriksmunisipaliteit het die permit bevestig. \u201cDie KWDM kan bevestig grondeienaars en private organisasies moet by ons moet aansoek doen vir \u2019n permit vir beheerde verbranding. Die betrokke organisasie vir die projek waarna verwys word, het wel aansoek gedoen om \u2019n permit. Die organisasie gebruik verskeie tegnieke afhangend van die digtheid van die plantegroei om die indringerbome in rivierlope uit te roei,\u201d het Anesca Roodt, \u2019n woordvoerder van die KWDM, ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n
Sy het ook die stappe van die uitroei van indringerplante verduidlik: <\/p>\n
1. Die opsaag en verwydering van die plante en bome<\/p>\n
2. \u2019n Groot hoeveelheid takke wat nie braai- of kaggelhout is nie, word in kleiner houtskaafsels omgeskep. <\/p>\n
3. Die oorblywende plante en bome wat nie aan die bogenoemde onderwerp kan word nie, word verbrand. Hierdie stap beslaan nagenoeg 10% van die hele projek.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit beteken dus die verbranding van indringerplante plante en -bome vorm net \u2019n klein deel van die projek. Inwoners wat enige bekommernisse het met betrekking tot lugbesoedeling, kan dit by die plaaslike munisipaliteit aanmeld.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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