Sad are the views coming from the Bënjës Baths in Përmet, one of the most popular thermal and tourist spots in the country, which has been attracting local and foreign visitors for years for its curative values and untouched nature.
In recent days, interventions in the area appear to have altered the natural flow of the thermal waters. As a result of excavations and field work, the water in some of the baths has decreased significantly, while in some cases it has almost completely dried up, creating a completely unusual panorama for this destination.
Journalist Mentor Kikia has also reacted to this situation, expressing concern that interventions without full professional studies may have damaged the natural balance of thermal springs.
According to him, the lack of consultation with experts in the field and hasty decision-making in protected areas or areas with special natural values are bringing visible consequences on the ground, raising major questions about how these natural assets are being managed.
“All these strategic projects in protected and unprotected areas, with hotels, villas and apartments, I can understand, even though I may not agree. But, this project of the Benja Spas in Permet, I cannot understand, then I will decide whether I agree or not.”
“That is, they built large concrete bathtubs! Natural resources were diverted, the water was reduced and the bathtubs were drowned by algae. Now they are cutting the concrete to shorten the height/depth of the bathtubs. But where did the water go?” he writes, among other things.
The journalist’s reaction:
This is the height of ignorance!
All these strategic projects in protected and unprotected areas, with hotels, villas and apartments, I can understand, even though I may not agree.
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But, I can’t understand this project of the Benja Spas in Permet, then I’ll decide whether I agree or not.
I mean, they made big concrete bathtubs!
Natural resources were diverted, water was reduced, and bathtubs were clogged with algae.
Now they are cutting the concrete to shorten the height/depth of the bathtubs.
Where did the water go?
But why don’t you ask a geological engineer when it comes to such projects?
It’s like that “big project” of reforestation in Lute where soft pine trees were planted from the Kavaja nurseries and they all withered in one winter because they didn’t adapt to the area.
If you ask people in the relevant field, you don’t just need a concrete mixer to do good work.