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Seychelles islanders turned against the UAE President
Villagers La Miser from the island of Mahe in the Seychelles archipelago turned against the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Construction site where the palace is being built for the Arab ruler, highly polluting. His new residence Sheikh builds on the highest point of the main island of the archipelago, on the spot where there used to be an American tracking station. Hundreds of construction workers working on the site began to pour waste their livelihoods downhill. How to assure the locals, once clean water suitable for drinking is now contaminated with human excrement, and fuel oil. 350 households have demanded compensation for the damage caused to them by unscrupulous workers. The average amount of compensation required is about 650 thousand Seychelles rupees ($ 55,000). How to claim the plaintiffs, because of the pollution of the value of their property has fallen greatly in price. The conflict between the sheik and the locals not only due to environmental issues. The inhabitants of La Mizera not hide their indignation that the construction of the palace are migrant workers, as well as building materials are imported from abroad. Thus, the local economy from the construction of the grand fall to nothing.