A scandal with illegal extraction of mineral water in Kharkiv region
A scandal with illegal extraction of mineral water has erupted in the Kharkiv region. According to the prosecutor’s office, the director of one of the state sanatoriums in the Kharkiv district organized this activity in 2021 without the necessary permits.
As a result of the inspection, it was found that no mining permit was obtained and no approved development plan for the area where the mineral water deposit is located.
In 2018, the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine banned the sanatorium from engaging in the extraction of mineral water until the violations were corrected. However, the sanatorium continued this activity.
The former director of the sanatorium, accused of illegal extraction of minerals of national importance, will be tried in the Derhachiv district court. He faces a fine ranging from 51,000 to 85,000 hryvnias, up to three years of restriction of freedom, or up to three years of imprisonment.
