Natura 2000 forest under threat as Alona springs dry up

Alona Community Council has sent a letter to the Water Development Department demanding an urgent investigation into the drying of local springs and what it described as a critical situation affecting water resources in Alona and the wider Pitsilia region.

The letter, dated July 2, 2026, and signed by council president Michalis Nikiforou, said the community was returning to a serious issue it had raised before, as the deterioration of the area’s water resources had reached what it called...