Bijelo Polje: Locals protested, demanding that the Government terminate the contract with the quarry concessionaire

Minister of Energy and Mining Saša Mujović invited representatives of citizens to a meeting on Monday

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From the protest, Photo: Private archive
From the protest, Photo: Private archive
Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

The citizens of Srđevac, Lozna, Pod and other places in Bijelo Polje held a second protest today due to the announcement by the Bijelo Polje company "Imperial" that a quarry would be opened in the area where they live, said the representative of the citizens, Juso Dervišević.

He states that the quarry will threaten the environment, as well as their health.

The protest took place at the place where the concessionaire made the excavations that will be used for the passage.

The citizens of these places sent a message to the concessionaire and the Ministry of Energy and Mining, that they will not allow the quarry to be built.

Minister of Energy and Mining Saša Mujović invited representatives of citizens to a meeting on Monday.

Dervišević said that at the meeting he would ask the Government to terminate the contract with the concessionaire.

Elma Ćorović Kočan, director of the Elementary School in Lozna Ajan Mučević, Juso Dervišević and Srđan Sćekić spoke at the protest.

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