After the devastation of the pine forest with the alleged intention of requalifying the area and planting thousands of new trees, thanks to public (City of Sorrento and Metropolitan City of Naples) and private (Timberland and Terna) funding, and the complaint by WWF that led, in November 2020, to the intervention of the Carabinieri Forestali of Castellammare di Stabia for the ongoing deforestation and the seizure, for environmental damage and violation of the landscape constraint, of the area of the cuts and the timber depot with 600 cubic meters of stacked logs, this time the WWF Terre del Tirreno denounces the situation of dangerous degradation in which the former Rai Control Station in the locality of Tore in the City of Sorrento is found.
«The Rai control station - according to the panda's note - lost its function years ago, has remained without any control and has fallen into neglect with spontaneous vegetation taking over. Moreover, through a gap opened in the fence, on the border with the pine forest, thugs and villains have targeted the structures of the Rai station devastating and destroying them».
Currently, the station inside is in an unworthy state: the objects, furniture, and equipment that were part of the Rai station, after being vandalized, have been dumped everywhere, even outside the building, in the courtyard and in the immediately adjacent wooded area.
The site has thus effectively turned into a dump for special and hazardous waste as, in addition to chairs, tables, shelves, glass, and rubble, etc., transistors, parts of televisions, satellite dishes, fire extinguishers, pipes, electrical cables, and more have been recklessly thrown to the ground! Such objects scattered among the vegetation constitute a serious pollution of the site as well as a danger in case of fires.
Finally, it should be emphasized that access to the structure is a further serious risk for potential visitors: the rooms with glass windows and broken walls, the elevator shaft without doors, and the same Rai tower, with its considerable height, constitute in fact a serious danger to public and private safety.
To prevent the situation from continuing over time and leading to further harmful consequences for the environment and health, the WWF Terre del Tirreno in the note sent to the municipality and Rai asks for an urgent intervention aimed at removing the waste, restoring the state of the places, and securing the area, in addition to identifying those responsible.