Foul smell around Lefkosa/Nicosia from an animal waste dumped in north Cyprus

The foul smell around the divided capital of south and north Cyprus over recent days came from animal waste dumped in the north of Cyprus.

This was made known in a written statement by the Greek Cypriot environment department on Tuesday and according to the department. it had confirmed after an investigation with the UN that a large quantity of animal waste, mainly from cow farms, had been dumped in the northwest side of Lefkosa, north Cyprus.

The smell since last week was made worse because of the thermal inversion observed in the atmosphere on June 10 and 11.

The matter was investigated by the department together with the UN and the co-operation of the environment commissioner in the past two days.