The Vice President of the Municipality of Herceg Novi, Miloš Konjević, said that there was a lack of state aid to individuals and companies that suffered material damage in the storm that hit this part of Boka between Friday and Saturday.
He said that a municipal commission was formed to assess the damage and that the municipality will provide assistance to the injured.
"The municipality will, in accordance with its capabilities, after the damages have been determined and assessed, help both individual households and the General Hospital and the residents of the Roma settlement in Meljine," Konjević said.
187 reports were received through the Call Center, reports were made with photos, 88 reports refer to objects, and 81 to damaged vehicles.
The President of the Municipality of Herceg Novi, Stevan Katic, said earlier that "during the three days since the storm that hit Herceg Novi, none of the state officials remembered to call and ask what is happening and what is the situation in the city, even though it is a question of extraordinary circumstances and significant damage".
"It was done by the director of the Directorate for Emergency Situations, Mirsad Mulić, as part of his daily activities and on some official duty," Katic said.
The Roma settlement in Meljina was badly damaged in the storm
In the Roma settlement in Meljina, where nine families with 50 members live, in the storm that hit the municipality of Herzegnov five days ago, all the houses were left without roofs.
Furniture and other household items and some cars were destroyed. The settlement was without electricity, which they got in the meantime. A pole with high voltage also fell on one house. They received the first help from the Housing and Communal, Cleanliness, and Waterworks.
The leech that crossed over their settlement made a real mess.
Hamza Bekim with his wife and three children was literally left without a roof over his head. In the middle of the night, they were woken up by a rumbling sound, and mortar started falling from the ceiling onto the bed where they were sleeping, he, his wife and child. He says luckily, no one was hurt. Bekim is a former employee of Čistoća who is on a disability pension.
The worst is over, say the residents of the Roma settlement, convinced that "it is important that everyone is alive and healthy and that their children are well".
Now the painstaking renovation of the homes is ahead. As a temporary solution, they covered the roofs with nylon, but only a little stronger rain would "finish off" even what remained undamaged.
"That's why it is most necessary to provide construction materials in order to start repairing the damage," says Hajrizi Jastreb.
They expect help from the local administration after the Damage Assessment Commission makes a report, says Muharem Šaćiraj, who is unemployed, and his wife works for 190 euros a month.
Help has been promised, but it is urgent for them.
Until the promised help arrives, the Roma themselves clear the settlement and houses, and "mop up" what they can.
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