Residents of the village of Vraneša are demanding an urgent response from the state, or they will have to move: Concessionaires destroyed all the roads

Citizens' association "Vraneš" called on the leaders of the state and the municipality of Bijelo Polje to repair the roads that were destroyed by the concessionaires, because many residents of the villages that gravitate towards the road through the Vraneška valley are forced to leave their properties, which, they claim, they can barely reach. to come. Hundreds of residents of the villages belonging to the Pavinopol area, Lekovina, Bijelo Potok, Babaić, Konjevića Mahala, Žuber, Stožer, Gajin, Grubanova gora are in a similar situation.

"Inhabitants of the villages of Sokolac, Šljemena, Pisane jele and other villages on the Tomaševo, Sokolac, Stožer, Barice road were forced to leave their native homes because the concessionaires completely damaged and destroyed the paved road. This road was paved in 1996. However, the concessionaires, exporting thousands of cubic meters of forest timber every day, with heavy-duty trucks and even with trailers, have destroyed and continue to destroy the road, which is difficult for even a pedestrian to pass, let alone a small car. Therefore, the citizens of this area have signed a petition of 224 signatories, and if there are as many citizens who failed to sign, they are asking for this road to be restored and made ready for normal traffic. Otherwise, they are ready for radical measures, i.e. to block the road and prohibit the passage of all cargo vehicles".

This is stated in the letter addressed to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Duško Marković and Milutin Simović, as well as to the President of the municipality, Petar Smolović.

In the letter, signed by the president of the Association, Momo Joksimović, it is stated that, in addition, forest concessionaires are leaving wasteland behind, and are not restoring plantations, which is their legal obligation.

"Several hundreds of citizens live in the area of ​​these villages and live exclusively from agriculture and animal husbandry. These farms produce goods for the market, which they transport and sell on a daily basis to Bjelopolje and other markets, and with good reason they are asking for this route to be put in order. There is a four-grade elementary school in Sokolac, while students of the older grades are forced to travel eight to 10 kilometers in one direction every day to the eight-year school in Tomaševo, so many parents are forced to pay for their children's accommodation near that school, which incurs special costs. Due to all these accumulated problems, many citizens are seriously considering moving from their native hearth, and some have already done so," the letter states.