The extent to which the city boiler plant endangers the health of citizens, especially the residents of the surrounding buildings, is best shown by a video submitted to Vijestima by one of the tenants of the building on the ground floor of which the city heating plant is located.
"They are poisoning the people, this is a crime, what is being done to the citizens," wrote one of the residents along with the video submitted to Vijesti.
The video shows that a large amount of soot has accumulated on one of the terraces, which is located under the chimney of the city's boiler house, which heats apartments and business premises in the city center.
"How much of this soot is still in the lungs of residents of the surrounding buildings and children playing on the playground in front of the building. "Nobody is doing anything to stop the poisoning of citizens," said our interlocutor, whose name is known to the newsroom.
The boiler house in Skerlićeva Street in the center of Pljevlja operates without a license, which Vijesti recently wrote about.
This was established by thermal energy inspector Miloš Kovačević during the inspection of the operation of the boiler house managed by the municipal company Grijanje. He ordered those responsible in the company to eliminate the irregularities.
The boiler house in Skerlićeva Street is one of the biggest air polluters in the city, and "Vijesti" recently announced that the tenants of nearby buildings are announcing a lawsuit against the Municipality and the company "Grijanje", if they do not solve the problem of enormous pollution soon.
About 350 apartments and a large number of business premises in the city center are heated from the boiler house in Skerlićeva Street, for which, in 16 hours of work, about 11,5 tons of coal are consumed daily.
The smoke and gases coming out of the low chimney, attached to the neighboring building, are becoming more and more dangerous not only for the health of the apartment owners, but also for the whole area.
The burning of huge amounts of coal leads to enormous air pollution, and some values are 27 times higher than allowed, as stated by the Center for Ecotoxicological Research (CETI).
In the report dated December 28 last year on the examination of harmful and dangerous substances in the waste gas produced in the process of burning solid fuel, it is stated that the boiler house emitted powdery substances and carbon monoxide above the tolerance limit, i.e. the permitted excess of 250 percent.
It also says that the average half-hourly values of powdery substances amounted to 502 micrograms per cubic meter, which is almost seventeen times more than the prescribed limit values of 30 micrograms per cubic meter.
Sulfur dioxide was measured at a concentration of about 2.938 micrograms per cubic meter, which is almost three times the prescribed limit of 1000 micrograms. And the average half-hourly concentration of carbon monoxide was 990 micrograms per cubic meter, or more than six and a half times above the prescribed limit value of 150 micrograms.
An excess of nitrogen dioxide was also registered, as well as the average half-hourly value of arsenic...
In 2011, thermal energy inspector Slavko Burić strictly prohibited the use of the boiler room due to endangering the safety and health of people, but that decision was canceled by the Administrative Court for procedural reasons.
He stated that an inspection of the area around the balcony and window openings of the building where the boiler house is located revealed a large presence of coal dust, fly ash and soot on the salt banks and window sills, despite the fact that they were additionally sealed with adhesive tapes and nylons.
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