The Ministry of Economic Development is wrong when it claims that Port Milena is delaying the construction of the "Lido" hotel on the Velika beach. Hotels, guesthouses, houses, restaurants and citizens are to blame for half a century of stealing, burying and pouring feces into the canal-lagoon, which is named after the Montenegrin queen Milena Petrović.
This is what the leading environmentalist from Ulcinj, the president of the NGO "Zeleni korak" claims. Dzelal Hodzic, commenting on the claims of the Ministry from the text "Contracts are in force, buyers will have to build 'Galeb' and 'Lido'", which was published in "Vijesti" on May 7.
In that text, among other things, the Ministry announced that the preconditions for the start of the investment have not yet been created because the problem regarding the Port Milena canal has not been resolved.
"During 2012, Annex III was signed, according to which the beginning of pre-investment obligations is conditional on solving at least 30 percent of the environmental problem of Port Milena, while the beginning of the investment obligations of "Capital Estate" is conditional on solving at least 75 percent of the environmental problem of the Port Milena canal," explained the Ministry .
They reminded that in accordance with the contract from 2006, the investor "Capital Estate" was obliged to implement an investment program in a hotel with villas in the amount of 37.957.000 euros and bring it to the level of 5 stars.
"A potential investor has been waiting ten years for someone to solve the environmental problems of Port Milena. But that is not enough, it is necessary to find investors with a global voice, and not a 'strategic' one, which have been dominant in our country for almost 30 years since the appearance of the new harmful neoliberalism," Hodžić assessed.
He remembers the first time he came to the famous channel.
"My introduction to Port Milen, without bridges and without any buildings on its shores, happened in the fifties of the last century. At that time, she was considered the breadwinner of the poor from Ulcinj, who went to Porat not to fish, but to 'take some fish', so that they could feed the family for a day or two", remembers Hodžić.
He reminds that at that time Port Milena had a number of characteristics to describe its values.
"Historical reality, geographical and natural phenomenon, economic wealth, ethnological rarity, cultural uniqueness, tourist resource, Ulcinj's 'Grande Canal' and the largest natural fish hatchery in the Mediterranean... Today, the former 'Grande Canal' is a potential ecological bomb, a possible source of infection and the largest septic tank in the Mediterranean," said Hodžić.
The answer to the question of how to reconcile these opposites today, Hodžić claims, lies in the symbiosis of the Slovenian and Dutch models of development.
"The Slovenian model of development has been known to our public for half a century through the slogan "In cooperation with nature". You remember that inscription on the packaging of Fructal juices. Although it is not an ecological country like us, a few years ago Slovenia was declared the cleanest country on the planet", explained Hodžić.
The Dutch model, as he stated, starts from the assessment of the value of the space where investments should be made, and not only from solving existing problems.
"Thus, in addition to solving the ecological problem, Port Milena could become a breeding ground for glassy eels that seek crystal clear water," said Hodžić.
He reiterated that the Port Milena problem is extremely complex.
"For the remediation, revitalization and valorization of Port Milena, true experts from those fields are needed, intellectuals, the NGO sector, biologists, ichthyologists, tourismologists, geologists, chemists, health workers, architects, fishermen... Especially considering that the estuary will channel into the sea to build a fishing port", said Hodžić.
I would also work as a volunteer at UO Morski dobr
Hodžić said that according to all the references, he is looking for a place in the Board of Management of the Maritime Property, even if it is a voluntary one.
"Vanja Ćalović Marković and Stevo Muk were recently elected to the National Council for Combating High Corruption from among the NGO sector. It is a good model that should also be applied to the Management Board of the Maritime Dobr. From the beginning, Ulcinj had representatives there who did nothing for the city. I want to work for the city, even without a salary, I know what the problems and priorities are," said Hodži, stating that he had met the president and vice-president of the government, the director of Maritime Affairs and the relevant minister with his ambition.
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