The singer Romina Power returns to fight for her country of birth, the case of Punta Prosciutto is reopened: Salento is in danger and the citizens are organizing a protest.
Romina Power’s struggle for Salento has lasted more than 4 years. In particular, the citizens of Manduria have decided to protest again in the square, as they did years ago, and Romina is trying to add her voice, using her notoriety to fight the just cause.
The tragedy began when, years ago, the hypothesis was put forward of sea drains for the sewage systems of three towns that bordered the green zone of the Salento coasts, very close to Punta Prosciutto, the most popular tourist destination in Salento and Porto Cesareo because of its crystal clear waters .
Too close to Torre Colimena and Punta Prosciutto, then to the Protected Marine Area of Porto Cesareo, the Marsh Natural Park of the Coastal Dunes Districts and the Regional Nature Reserve of the Coast of Taranto: this is the thesis of the Mayor Salvatore Albano (of Porto Cesareo), who officially requested in 2019 to include the municipality in the procedure for include environmental impact assessment. Then the formal request: “If the site is to remain a few meters from one of the most famous beaches in the world such as Punta Prosciutto, it is necessary to foresee an adequate underwater pipeline”.
In addition to her singing career, Romina is also the symbol of social struggle for her areas. She immediately sided with the mayor of Porto Cesareo to defend Salento and its waters. Salento is her favorite place, the woman has been fighting for the environment for years and also presented protest projects in 2021.
The protest of Romina Power for discharges into the sea in Salento, from 2021 to today, the struggle does not stop
In Salento there are many beaches like Porto Cesareo or Punta Prosciutto threatened by discharges into the sea. Turquoise beaches and wildlife like sea turtles and flamingos have been endangered for decades, singer Romina Power explained in 2021, amid talk of the project involving polluting discharges into the sea. “This assumption hurts me How can you imagine draining the water from a sewage treatment plant in these protected areas?” Romina asked herself two years ago and appealed to the municipalities.
Romina Power Instagram, the whole complaint (Instagram Romina Power) – newsby.it
If the layoffs were only a hypothesis at the time, the decision is now getting closer and closer. The citizens of the neighboring communities have already taken to the streets several times and are now ready to repeat the protest. Romina Power has been sharing all her pain on social media for the past few days, trying to make another complaint.
“They authorize huge tanks for the sewage of three countries and a large pipe that will discharge everything near the nature reserve into the sea. The flamingos will die, the sea will be polluted. Where is the WWF?” This is just part of the singer’s long outburst, reminding all her fellow citizens that in Manduria Demonstrations continue to be organised. Among the latter also a “funeral” for their own sea, with a protest that took place a few days ago in the square on February 16, 2023 at 3.30 p.m.