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07 July 2020 A complaint signed by the mayor Rinaldo Melucci and all the councilors has been filed today at the Procura of Taranto, with which the municipal administration asks the judicial authority to clarify what happened last Saturday, when a storm of mineral and ferrous powders rose from the steel industry ArcelorMittal and poured on the city quarters of Tamburi and Paolo VI.

Open investigation
The prosecutor had already opened an investigation yesterday, without suspects. In the complaint, the mayor and aldermen ask "that the emissive sources of dust, probably coming from the ex Ilva industrial area, raised by the storm that hit the whole city" are verified. "It is also required that the implementation of all the prescriptions and procedures envisaged by the environmental standards be ascertained, identifying in the event anyone is responsible for any commission of illegal conduct and for the damage occurred to the health of citizens and the territory" . "The city front is compact - says Mayor Melucci - we all go forward together to affirm the absolute principle of health protection". And today the Carabinieri del Noe arrived at the factory and, on mandate from the Public Prosecutor's Office, must acquire useful elements for the investigation that has just opened.

Confindustria: "The voice of Taranto arrives in Rome"
The voice of Taranto, regarding the ArcelorMittal issue and the relaunch of development, "must arrive clear and strong in Rome. We need a definitive change of pace that first of all solves the environmental problem , while securing businesses and jobs. " The president of Confindustria Taranto, Antonio Marinaro, says about the latest events: from the press conference with which Municipalities, Province and Chamber of Commerce of Taranto asked the Government to stop the negotiation with ArcelorMittal and to send the same company away to the an event that hit the Tamburi district of Taranto heavily on Saturday afternoon, where bad weather has raised a large amount of mineral dust from the steel industry, pouring it heavily on houses, streets and squares.

Conte: "Ilva dossier goes ahead"
"Invitalia is negotiating to implement the agreement. The Ilva dossier is going ahead with the set objectives". So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte today at the press conference after the launch of the innovation decree.