Picks up human feces and syringes – NRK

Botanical Garden receives 840,000 visitors each year. Now they run the risk that the popular Oslo garden closes if the current situation changes.

– We wish fervently to be on the supply side, but our gardeners can not pick up human feces and syringes, says Tone Lindheim, director for the Natural History Museum to NRK.

Removes human feces

She has sent a letter to the mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen (SV), and called an emergency meeting Wednesday morning. In the letter she writes:

“More gardeners are now afraid to dig, weed, plant because of the risk of being stung by needles. Roma hiding pill glass fell to plant flower beds ours, then they come back with a shovel to dig up these pill jars, flower beds be stepped up, dug into pieces and plants our many delicate plants from faraway places are destroyed. “

In the email also writes the director that gardeners picks and remove human feces several times daily. Read email from Lindheim here:

Mail Recipient and mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen (SV), says to NRK that she Friday heard about the criminal situation and the pollution that takes place in the Botanical Garden.

Mayor Oslo, Marianne Borgen.

Photo: City of Oslo

– I followed up the issue during an hour after I got the email. Nobody wants that this situation will continue or that botanical garden will be closed. It is important that Bymiljøetaten attending the meeting tomorrow and we expect more answers then, says Borgen.

– The city council is passive

City Government of Oslo receive harsh criticism from the Conservatives, who believe this could have been avoided if Oslo had introduced beggar ban.

– the City Government has been too passive, and they have not followed the situation closely enough, says group leader for the Conservatives, Eirik Lae Solberg adding:

– at the city council has not been willing to enter into a beggar ban is creating this situation. We can not have a situation in Oslo this summer.

When Right for under a week ago asked about the situation, said the city council that there was no reason to take additional measures.

– Finance Commissioner replied that the situation was as expected and that it was therefore not necessary, but now we can see that a situation has occurred only days afterward, says Lae Solberg.

Eirik Lae Solberg (H) seems council has been too passive in dealing with homeless people and visitors alike.

Photo: Simon Skjelbostad Yset / NRK

Police in the area

Kåre Stølen’s station chief in Greenland police. He says that there is a problem today, not necessarily a problem in the morning.

– The problem has lasted long. But where should the Roma to go? We have had a presence in the Botanical Garden throughout last week. People in the area have marked our presence, night and day.

Beitostolen is also one of those who will attend the emergency meeting tomorrow, and he wants to know more.

– I want to know how many syringes, how many pill glass in question and how big the problem is. I have just received a verbal message on the matter, and will know more tomorrow, says station manager.

Finance Commissioner Robert Steen (Ap) has not been available for comment.