With the symbolic performance of the reconstruction of the main road in Zupa Niksicka, the villagers of this area once again sent a message to the authorities that it is time to turn back to the local community which, as they said, gave so much to the state.
"When the competent institutions will not allow the locals to start with the reconstruction. As you can see in this billboard, observers in these affairs are the Government, Uniprom Metal Company and the Municipality of Niksic. This gathering is irony, sarcasm because of the relationship with the MZ Zupa, keeping in mind all these decades back and that over 40 million tons of ore was exported from Zupa. If the state and state institutions do not see the need to invest in this area, then we obviously do not have the same wavelengths and obviously, we do not think well to the rural areas," said the chairman of MZ, Dragoljub Radulovic.
A group of locals gathered in Liverovici with shovels beside the road and symbolically planted plums, which was watered with brandy instead of water. "What is the state of the road? We will have to forget cars and buy horses very soon, so when we come by horses and pick the plums to refresh our mouths," Radulovic said ironically.
He reminded that at the recently held protests they set out the requirements for whose fulfillment they are seeking a government’s guarantee. Citizens of Zupa are demanding that all concession funds should be allocated for the needs of their MZ, to immediately issue a tender for the reconstruction of the first section of the road in the length of six kilometers, to start the project of the remaining main road section to the village Morakovo, including a pedestrian path from Ivanovic's house to the Stone Cross, to solve the problem of proper water supply for all households, to make a modest sports hall, to provide a grassy football field, to finish the sport field in the village Zagrad, to continue the installation of lighting in the villages Bjelosevina and Morakovo and to make a promise for the same in Staro Selo.
"As far as our requests are concerned, no one has responded except the Ministry of Sport with whom we have had a fair conversation and talks in order to resolve two out of nine requests. The vice president of the municipality was clear that the municipality has no funds left except for these two kilometers. Bearing in mind the situation in the Municipality of Niksic, it is understandable. That is why we are addressing the Government," said the President of MZ.
The Ministry of Sports promised to build a football field in the yard of the school "Dusan Bojovic" in Miolje Polje, and regarding the sports hall, they said that the Ministry of Education should be included in the mentioned problem and that they will assist in these activities as well as the local community.
The new gathering of the locals is scheduled for Sunday, April 7th, when they will block the cargo traffic at the main county road.
"As we see the state institutions do not listen to our problems and it is obvious that we locals need to start with the radicalized measures, the first measure is 7th April when we will all come and block the cargo traffic that goes through Zupa because it looks like it is the only way we can draw attention to the problems we are exposed to," Radulovic said.
The municipality said they would soon announce a tender for reconstruction of the road in the length of six kilometers, but this year they will only complete two kilometers because they do not have any more money.
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Text by Svetlana Mandic, on April 3rd, 2019, read more at Vijesti
