The residents of Gornje Komine, whose houses are located not far from the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant, have asked the Electric Power Company of Montenegro and the Government to provide them with a normal life and the right to a healthy environment, which is guaranteed to them by the Constitution of Montenegro.
Locals have been protesting for a few days now because of the dust blown by the wind from the Meljevac landfill, where ash and slag are deposited as a by-product of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant.
They are demanding protection from environmental disasters and an assessment of the threat to people, animals and land from state institutions, as well as the submission of documentation from the environmental inspector and a measuring station near the landfill.
Locals are asking state institutions to urgently provide normal living conditions and the right to a healthy environment.
They are seeking protection from the competent state institutions "which serve to protect people and the environment and the relevant ministry in moments of ecological disaster", as well as the engagement of a medical and veterinary team that will provide protection to people and animals in times of extreme pollution.
They are also demanding that a commission be formed to assess the threat to the population, and they are asking the environmental inspection to provide them with documentation on the inspection control of the measuring station located in the immediate vicinity of the landfill.
"If you do not consider this request by March 17, 2025, we will be forced to solve our problem through radicalization (protests, road blockades, as well as legal means), stated the residents of Gornje Komina, in the requests they submitted to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, the Executive Director of Elektroprivreda, the President of the Municipality of Pljevlja, the President of the Municipal Assembly of Pljevlja, the President of the Parliament of Montenegro, and the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development.
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