Ka taƙaita labarin:  An kashe £ 135,000 wajen kamawa da kuma kwashe kwari daga Somerset Levels kafin a yi aikin haƙa. Masu biyan haraji sun biya £ 135,000 lissafin don motsa 50 kare ruwa voles - a wani kudin na £ 2,500 da dabba - don ba da damar dredging na Somerset Levels. Kudin da za a biya na matsar da halittun ya ninka na farko sau shida, kamar yadda aka bayyana a yau. A watan Janairu da Fabrairun 2014 an tilasta wa mazauna Levels barin gidajensu bayan da aka yi ruwan sama mai yawa wanda ya ga koguna sun fashe da bankunan bayan shekaru da ba su isa ba. Fiye da gidaje 600 da kadada 17,000 na gonaki sun cika da ruwan da ke tashi da sauri kuma an yanke duka ƙauyuka a cikin Janairu mafi ruwa tun lokacin da aka fara rikodin a 1766. Amma Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta ce tana da hakkin doka a karkashin dokokin da EU ke tallafawa don kare raƙuman ruwa a matsayin nau'in da ke cikin haɗari. An kashe £135,000 wajen kamawa da kuma kwashe 55 daga cikin halittun masu gashi masu tsawon inci shida daga kogon su na bakin teku a kan Somerset Levels kafin aikin dredging. A watan Fabrairu, lokacin da aka fara bayyana shirin, an kiyasta cewa zai kashe £ 24,000 don sanya kananan voles a cikin 'ajiyar hunturu'. Amma yanzu Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta yarda cewa an kashe £ 86,000 a kan 'binciken namun daji'. A baya hukumar ta yi ikirarin cewa binciken namun daji ba wani bangare bane na kudin da za'a sake tura tsuntsayen. Kuma sa'ad da aka haɗa da sauran kuɗin, jimillar kuɗin ya kai fam 135,000. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Binciken ya haɗa da kafa tarkuna a bakin kogin da kuma bincika su na tsawon watanni da yawa - wanda ba a bayyana farashinsa ba a baya. Yanzu wasu mazauna Somerset Levels - yayin da suke ɗokin samun koguna da za a yi a guje wa ambaliyar ruwa mai banƙyama daga hunturu biyu da suka gabata - suna tunanin shirin ba shi da amfani ga kuɗin jama'a. Sun ce mutanen da suka amince da shirin suna rayuwa a cikin littafin Kenneth Grahame na yara, The Wind in the Willows, wanda ke nuna Ratty - wani ruwa mai ruwa - Mole, Badger da Mister Toad. Manomi James Winslade ya yi imanin cewa tsuntsayen sun koma wani wuri lokacin da...
Ya kashe masu biyan haraji £ 135,000 don motsawa 55 mai kare ruwa. An cire su daga Matakan Somerset don a yi aikin haƙa. A shekarar 2014 sama da gidaje 600 da kadada 17,000 na gonaki sun cika da ruwa bayan koguna sun fashe bayan shekaru da ba su isa ba. Masu sukar sun ce matsar da tsuntsayen ba shi da amfani a wajen kashe kudaden jama'a.