Preokret councilor for Danilovgrad Vuk Iković said that he requested an urgent inspection on the ground, because, as he claims, cement has been illegally produced in the village of Podglavice for months and the investor does not have a permit for that activity.
A public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the construction of a new grinding and mixing plant for the company "Mondal Industrija" was held on August 15, and Iković says that he also requested that the Municipality and the Environmental Protection Agency organize a new public hearing, at a time available to citizens, because the previous one was held in the midst of the largest fires and during working hours when most locals could not attend.
"The study currently under public debate conceals the true nature of the work; instead of clearly stating that it is about cement production, it only talks about 'grinding and mixing powdered substances'. While the papers avoid the truth, locals are inhaling clouds of black dust from clinker - the basic raw material for cement. This dust endangers the respiratory tract and human health, and the study does not consider its harmfulness," Iković said.
Instead of protecting citizens, as he said, this is an attempt to legalize production through a formal procedure.
"Without a clean environment, there is no health, no life, no economy. A healthy environment is the condition of all conditions. The economy can be restored, but nature and the health of our children cannot. No profit has value if it is paid for with the lungs of the youngest - therefore, a healthy environment must be the common minimum below which we must not go," the statement reads.
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