The project Industrial waste management and cleaning, whose value is 50 million euros, will rehabilitate five "black", ecological spots in Montenegro, announced the director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Ervin Spahić.
He explained that the grit dumps in the Adriatic Shipyard in Bijela, the Gradac flotation tailings in Pljevlje, the ash and slag dump "Maljevac" in Pljevlje and the solid waste and red mud pools at the Aluminum Plant in Podgorica (KAP) will be rehabilitated.
"The key issue that solves the problems of all ecological 'black' plants is their future sustainability and development plans. Already now, in the initial phase of project implementation, additional research is being done," said Spahić at the press conference.
He stated that the World Bank (WB) provided a loan for the project, and that, as he explained, an assessment of the impact on the environment and society will be made along with that investment.
The State Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Daliborka Pejović, said that there were a lot of disputes in relation to the loan that the Government received, whether, as she stated, it was justified to additionally obligate Montenegrin citizens to obligations that will occur when repaying the loan. .
She believes that there is currently no significant project in Montenegro from the aspect of public interest.
"Because the key goal of this Project is to rehabilitate and reduce risks in the area of the environment, its preservation, and therefore the preservation of citizens and their health," explained Pejović.
According to her, it is completely justified that the Government asked for and got into a situation to implement this loan.
Pejović said that the Steering Committee of this project includes representatives of other ministries and non-governmental organizations.
"In addition to this one, which will cost 50 million euros, we will have the obligation to repair and regulate problems in other areas, especially problems in the communal part, for which, according to current projections, it is necessary to allocate close to 90 million euros," she stated.
The head of the chancellery of the SB of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tatiana Proskuryakova, said that the project is important because it improves people's living conditions, and that, as she stated, is the goal of that institution.
She believes that solid and industrial waste management is an important segment of sustainable development in Montenegro.
"The government has a clear development strategy, including tourism potential, which is difficult to use unless problematic points are removed," said Proskurjakova, stating that this project will help achieve that goal.
She believes that the Project will be important for the process of European integration, because, as she stated, cooperation with the SB will enable reaching the standards prescribed by the EU.
When asked by a journalist whether 50 million euros is enough to rehabilitate the ecological points foreseen in the project, Pejović said that this amount for each individual location is thoroughly grounded, "scientifically and professionally".
When asked how much SB will control the work of state bodies in this phase of the project, the team leader of that institution, Frank van Woerden, said that the realization of the Project is defined by contracts.
"All contracts are defined, the government should implement them, we are not obliged to implement anything," he said.
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