{"id":9341,"date":"2021-11-22T16:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=9341"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:04:48","slug":"praca-do-metical-pemba-works-continue-despite-aquas-suspension-order-carta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/praca-do-metical-pemba-works-continue-despite-aquas-suspension-order-carta","title":{"rendered":"Pra\u00e7a do Metical Pemba: Works continue despite AQUA\u2019s suspension order \u2013 Carta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Bank of Mozambique, in partnership with the Municipality of Pemba, is building a Pra\u00e7a do Metical on Wimbi beach, close to Avenida Marginal. This innovative endeavour is considered \u201codd\u201d by some, and has been severely criticised by the National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (AQUA).<\/p>\n

\u201cOdd\u201d because you had never heard of squares like being built on a beach. And innovative, because the Bank of Mozambique had not yet built such an infrastructure on a beach, but rather mainly on roundabouts.<\/p>\n

Despite the innovation, the installation of the works at that location was not well regarded by AQUA. Speaking to STV earlier this week, the institution\u2019s Inspection Coordinator, M\u00e1rio Parina, explained that Pra\u00e7a do Metical is being built \u201cwithin 100 metres of the high tide\u201d, in an area legally and environmentally reserved.<\/p>\n

Under its attributions, AQUA required two documents from the contractor, namely the \u201cspecial license\u201d and an \u201cenvironmental study\u201d, but these were not presented. AQUA consequently ordered the works to be temporarily suspended, but the contractor ignored this, and work continues, in legal breach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a breach of the law because we issued the suspension document for the works two days ago, but nothing has changed. The contractor continues to build regardless,\u201d Parina notes.<\/p>\n

However, it should be noted that, before the construction of that square began, Wimbi beach already had numerous infrastructures built within 100 meters of the seafront, especially restaurants and hotels, a fact that raises doubts about the decision taken by AQUA.<\/p>\n

\u2018Carta\u2019 was unable to obtain any explanation from the Bank of Mozambique on the matter.<\/p>\n

Disadvantages of the square\u2019s location<\/b><\/p>\n

The Bank of Mozambique and the Municipality of Pemba are running the risk of being held liable for building a work, albeit a public one, in a reserved area, and in contempt of AQUA.<\/p>\n

Erosion may (sooner or later) cause the Pra\u00e7a do Metical to collapse, requiring public funds to be spent moving it.<\/p>\n

Faced with these assumptions, \u2018Carta\u2019 the two institutions asks an open question: where is the sense in the construction of a Pra\u00e7a do Metical there?<\/p>\n

Advantages<\/b><\/p>\n

There are, however, benefits expected from installing the Pra\u00e7a do Metical in that location. First among them is tourist attention, as the beach is a tourist spot par excellence. This will undauntedly materialize the objectives of the central bank in constructing Pra\u00e7as do Metical across the country, in the context of the appreciation of the national currency.<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Evaristo Chilingue<\/p>\n

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