Twelve new sewage treatment plants will open on the River Odra, a government minister said on Wednesday.

Marek Gróbarczyk, a deputy infrastructure minister, told a press conference that plans also include the construction of a 2,000-kilometre sewage system around the Germany-bordering Odra, Poland's second largest river.

Over the summer thousands of fish died in the river. Although a bloom of toxic algae may have been reason for the their death, sewage seeping into the waterway was also highlighted as a possible cause.

Gróbarczyk said the government has designated PLN 6 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) for the improvement project.

He added that the project will be activated under special legislation which should be ready in about a month.

The death of Britain’s longest serving monarch has sent shock waves around the world.

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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