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Akkar residents hold sit-in to denounce new garbage plan
The "Akkar is not a Dump" campaign Saturday held a protest to denounce a government plan to establish a landfill in the northern district.
"The way they are dealing with us is insulting," a member of the campaign told reporters, hoping that future sit-ins would attract a larger number of demonstrators.
The demonstration was held in the Akkar town of Tal Abbas al-Gharbi.
The “We Want Accountability” movement also participated in the sit-in.
The campaign has rejected any attempt or plan by the government to establish a landfill in the district.
The Cabinet Wednesday approved a plan to solve the two-month-old garbage crisis by transforming the Srar dump, located in Akkar, into a sanitary landfill and establish another one in the east Lebanon town of Masnaa.
The two facilities would be operated for 18 months, according to the decision, however many residents suspect that the government may extend those deadlines as it had with the infamous Naameh landfill.
The government’s new plan also included reopening the Naameh landfill for seven days to dump the waste that has already accumulated in Beirut and Mount Lebanon.
Earlier this month, youth from Akkar formed a group called the "Guards of Akkar" to prevent any dump trucks from bringing in garbage from other areas of the country.
The group called in a statement Saturday for people to continue their peaceful protests.
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