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| Toxic Lake. (Flickr/Ginu) |
A beautiful lake at the foot of the beautiful stretches of the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, Romania. But behind the beauty, there is a melancholy story.
Previously, Geamana, known as a village located in the hills. Geamana known as the area is very fertile and rich in minerals. Therefore, in 1977, when the Romanian leader, Nicolae Ceauescu, decided to open Roia Poieni, the largest copper mine in Europe.
However, Gemana not have sufficient environmental capacity for mineral mining giant. As a result, the mine water reservoirs overflow and contaminate the water in villages with toxic substances derived from refined copper. Over time, water cesspool of rising mine that forced people to migrate from their place of residence.
Reported Amusing Planet, as many as 400 families had to be evacuated from Geamana, because the lake water mixed with hazardous wastes, including cyanide. In order to accommodate the stem and toxic waste water continues to overflow, Romanian government decided to create an artificial lake. The lake, which is now known as Geamana.
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| A total of 400 families had to be evacuated from Geamana. Now only two people who survive there. (PHOTOS: Flickr / Sergiu Bacouio) |
Now, they stay on top of the hill within 20 meters of the surface of the lake.
"Over the years we lived here, the surface of the lake is rising. We must continue to move house to avoid flooding, "said Victor, according to the New York Times.
Victor tells, they had offered to move out of the replacement cost Geamana. But, the couple argued that the amount offered is too low so they survive. Victor himself has worked for 15 years in Roia Poieni, before it finally closed.
Now, all that remains of the church roof Geamana is just the tip of the previous stands proudly at the top of the hill, as a marker of a village drowning under toxic waste. (lvi)
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