The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has investigated social media footage showing sewage water being released directly into the Caspian Sea from a beach area in Jorat settlement, Sumgayit city, APA reports citing the ministry’s website.
The investigation has revealed that sewage water is indeed being released directly into the sea from the sewage system that Sumgayit water canal department is in charge of.
Darvin Huseynov, head of the department, has been fined AZN 3,000 under the Code of Administrative Offences.