Symbol copyright AFP Symbol caption The tanks were as soon as used by the Lebanese army
Environmentalists dumping 10 old military tanks off the coast of a town seeking to deal with a tremendous rubbish problem could seem counterintuitive.
However, that may be precisely what one team within the Lebanese town of Sidon have performed in the hope it is going to not just draw in tourists to the area, but also create a brand new haven for wildlife in the Mediterranean Sea.
Onlookers watched because the tanks were decreased into the water 3km (1.8 miles) off the coast on Saturday.
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“this may be a paradise for divers and a place the place we can boost underwater lifestyles,” Kamel Kozbar, of Buddies of the Coast of Sidon, the crowd spearheading the venture, told news agency AFP.
He hopes seaweed will soon quilt the tanks, a gift from the army, creating the group’s imaginative and prescient of an “underwater park” – a world clear of the seashores which have no longer escaped Lebanon’s overflowing garbage problem.
Image copyright AFP Symbol caption The tanks will probably be a unique attraction for divers 
Image copyright EPA Image caption they’ll additionally create new habitats 
Symbol copyright AFP Image caption it is hoped they’ll quickly be covered in seaweed
In January for example, pictures emerged showing mounds of rubbish dumped at the seashores north of the capital Beirut.
But this is not just an environmental undertaking. the crowd have additionally purposefully pointed the tanks in opposition to their southern neighbour, Israel.
According to Mr Kozbar, it used to be done “out of team spirit for the Palestinian folks”.
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