Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometers away rainwater is being dumped into the sea.

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    1 month ago

    But the infrastructure not only never got the green light, it was also subsequently neglected.

    How can planned infrastructure that never got to exist, be neglected?

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      1 month ago

      It does exist, it never got used

      As stated in the article, the dam they’re referring to was built in 1959, but the infrastructure to supply farmers with irrigation was never tested or approved for use, despite being installed. So the unused infrastructure is deteriorating.