Italy Remembers the Vajont Dam Disaster
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Tragedy of the Vajont, 1918 Victims Who Must Not Be Forgotten. The Unheard Complaints of Tina Merlin
It happened today: the tragedy of Vajont with 1918 victims of human neglect. The alarm launched by a journalist. Incuria, indifference, arrogance,
The Vajont disaster has deeply marked the history and consciousness of our country. 63 years after that tragedy, the Vajont remains a very current warning: the security of the territories and the prevention of risks must...
Viviana Vazza, who lost everything in the massacre of October 9, 1963: "I feel anger, I think of the victims never identified, for me they are still there under. The mayor of Longarone: "The community is divided. We are opposed to a private use of the water of the stream. Coa different if they are expected benefits for the territory"
Italy remembers the Vajont Dam disaster
Vajont Dam disaster occurred 63 years ago today. The Vajont Dam disaster claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people, including 487 children, in the Piave valley of northern Italy on the night of 9 October 1963. The disaster occurred when a vast landslide collided into the artificial reservoir formed by the 260-metre high dam over the Vajont river which flows through the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions. The landslide, comprising around…
Venice, 8 Oct. (askanews) - Environment and development must not be opponents. Today we know that it is fundamental to create energy, work and social growth while guaranteeing all the necessary protection to the territory and its inhabitants. To this consciousness we must inspire any programming of works and infrastructure that wants to be aware and sustainable, [...]
(The following text is taken in full from the press note sent to the Agency Opinion) /// // Environment and development must not be opponents. Today we know that it is fundamental to create energy, work and social growth while guaranteeing all the necessary protection to the territory and its inhabitants. To this consciousness we must inspire any programming of works and [...]
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