13 November 2018 - The Government of Montenegro has undertaken numerous measures of systemic control of river flows throughout the country, as well as activities aimed at preventing further devastation of river beds due to natural meandering and illegal exploitation of sand and gravel, and in the cases of illegal activities on watercourses, especially in the lower part of Morača and Bolje Sestre zone, said Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Milutin Simović.
When asked whether the Tara River is endangered by the construction of the priority section of the Bar-Boljare motorway, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed that regulatory works are being carried on other positions as well, not only in the construction area. All these regulatory works are carried out with a view to regulating the river, saving the property of the citizens, and that this is a regular process and something that will be done in the future. The construction of such major infrastructure projects leaves certain scares on nature, but there are remedial projects implying temporary measures, and after that everything that belongs to natures will be brought back to it, he pointed out.
When it comes to the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Cijevna River, DPM Simović underlined that "it is important that such projects do not cause a negative impact on our water balance, feeding of sub-waters in the part of the Skadar Lake and that in particular there is no negative impact on the capacity of certain sources, namely of the Bolje sestre source, from where the Regional Water Works for the Montenegrin Coast is being supplied," Deputy Prime Minister Simović concluded.
