Metro company fined for foam pollution in Kocaeli Sekapark

Kocaeli Provincial Directorate teams of the Ministry of ENVIRONMENT, Urbanization and Climate Change imposed a fine of 1 million 678 thousand TL on the company in charge of the subway construction work regarding the foaming that occurred after the rain on the Sekapark beach.

After the rain on September 28 in Izmit district, foaming was seen in the sea and the canal connecting to the sea in Sekapark. An investigation was initiated on the field by the Kocaeli Provincial Directorate teams of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality.

It was determined that the source of the foam was the construction site of the company carrying out the metro construction. It was determined that the chemical substance used in the excavation process and kept in barrels foamed due to the effect of rainfall and reached the canal through the loopholes and the Marmara Sea through the canal.

A total of 1 million 678 thousand TL of administrative penalty was imposed on the company regarding the pollution within the borders of the Marmara Special Environmental Protection Zone, with twice the sanctions, and a criminal complaint was filed against those responsible.