Locals of Buljarica and Petrovac dug the end of one of the Austro-Hungarian canals that drains fresh water from the Buljarica polje into the sea and thus allowed it to mix with salt water, which can cause habitat changes and be tragic for the wildlife in that location, according to Coalition 27, a non-governmental network Chapter 27 monitoring organization.
They announced that they doubt that environmental impact assessment studies were done for the undertaken works and that the local communities generally have the consent of the authorities.
"I don't know if anyone can have an idea what will happen to reptiles, amphibians, birds and all other species, and how far this salinization will reach spatially... I saw frogs running away from salt water today," states one of members of the Coalition.
The Ministry of Health of Buljarica told "Vijesta" that they do not have official papers for the works, but that they received verbal consent from "Morski dobr".
"Everything that was done was done exclusively according to the old cadastre and the old route of that canal. The channel was filled with over three meters of stones and soil. We only cleaned the canal, removed the silt, so that its dimensions could be seen", said the president of the Ministry of Health of Buljarica, Đorđe Gregović. He explained that they also enabled the outflow of storm water that descends into Buljarica from the surrounding hills.
He added that all the works so far were carried out by the locals themselves, that they received symbolic financial assistance from municipal companies and claim that "Morsko dobro" will take over the more complex works financially and with machinery.
Gregović also said that in the past the purpose of the canal was to reach the granary located in Buljaričko polje by boat.
"It used to be agricultural land, not wetlands."
He added that they were cleaning the channel, whose depth reaches six to eight meters, because they need a safe haven for boats in case of storms.
"This provides security for those who have larger boats, which could not get to the shore, but had to go to the Budva and Bar marinas".
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