The non-governmental organization Društvo mladih ecologia Nikšić (DMEN) organized a camping trip in the village of Komarnica at the entrance to the Nevidio canyon. It is the 21st camp that the aforementioned NGO has implemented at that location, and this year 22 of them participated.
This year's camp took place under the slogan "Freedom to Komarnica" due to the announcement of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on this river. Five participants of the camp climbed Bobot's hip, and the ascent, as they announced from DMEN, was used to unfurl a banner with the inscription "Freedom to Mosquitoes" and in this way once again send a message of opposition to the "submergence of one of the most beautiful canyons in Europe", they said. from DMEN.
If the project of building a dam on the Komarnica River were to be realized, we would have to borrow at least 300 million euros, and energy analysts estimate that this project would cost as much as 600 million euros. At the same time, they would have a maximum of seven percent of the current electricity production, and at the same time they would lose a natural monument. Electricity from this power plant would begin to be produced in ten years at the earliest, that is, around 2033. This project will not bring people back to Šavnik and Plužine, and the accumulation itself would have a negative impact on the tourist season of Žabljak and Šavnik due to the impact on the microclimate and thus on the reduction of snowfall. In the end, this could also mean a reduction in the yield of the springs that will eventually feed the lake," the DMEN press release states.
As they point out, they are aware of Montenegro's dependence on energy and are not against new energy facilities, but they cannot support a project that will have "permanent consequences for the biodiversity of the area, and in the economic sense we will have consequences for several decades".
"With the eventual construction of HPP Komarnica, we will certainly not have energy independence, and nature will be destroyed. This time we will only stay on the subject of Komarnica, but we believe that, overall, more vision is needed when it comes to planning in the energy sector, which water wealth is only recognized as a resource for the production of electricity," the ecologists said. As part of the camp, a trip through the Nevidio canyon was also organized.
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