Acid rains and heat attack Chisinau’s chestnut trees

The chestnuts trees from many zones of the capital are sick. Their crowns got yellow too early and thousands of moths attacked them. The phenomenon was remarked at the working meeting of the City Hall on Monday, 14 August, by the interim mayor Vasile Ursu. He said that the moths’ swarms affecting the chestnut trees on the Belinski Street’s alley trouble the inhabitants of the zone, one of which is the interim. Ursu demanded the deputy head of the Green Spaces Management Association, Eliferie Haruta, to kill the moths. Eliferie Haruta announced that the abundant rains, containing high acid concentration, as well as the high temperatures caused the appearance of months and chestnut trees sickness. It is not known for the moment what disease attacked the trees, but the results of the laboratory investigations will be ready in few days, he mentioned. The unknown malady also has attacked the chestnut trees on Moscova Blvd, Sarmizegetusa Street, and the alley neighboring the roadway to Stauceni village. Eliferie Haruta says that the trees were already treated twice with special substances, but unsuccessfully. Chisinau has almost 20,000 chestnut trees.