In the collapse of the building in the Belgrade municipality of Vračar, no one was injured and the residents were evacuated, the Ministry of the Interior told the Beta agency.
As the agency was told by the Building Inspection, "most likely" the stability of that building in Vidovdanska Street was threatened by the construction of the building next to it.
The facility, which is next to that building, has a building permit for the notification of works, the inspection stated.
The Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Goran Vesić, said today that the investor who is building a building next to the building that collapsed in Vidovdanska street in Vračar will have to pay for the damage, "because it was caused by their work". Vesić told N1 television that "according to initial information, the investors had a construction permit and a work report", but that this does not mean that "you can harm someone".
"The investor will have to repair all the damage at his own expense, and those people, of course, will have to be compensated," said Vesić.
When asked if the works will be continued, he said that they cannot be continued.
"We need to see if the statics project was done properly, that's why the inspection is on the ground to determine that, obviously something was not done well, in any case the damage must be paid for," Vesić pointed out. "Through the Center for Social Work, we know that six families lived here, of which two apartments were rented, and the remaining four families were accommodated in Hotel 'Slavija'. The municipality of Vračar provided emergency accommodation," said Vesić.
He said that the city inspectorate prohibited the use of the collapsed building, that "the Department for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia is waiting to enter the building", and that communal militia was stationed in front of its entrance to protect the occupants' belongings.
Vesić added that, although it was planned for the tenants to enter the apartments with the help of firefighters and take basic things, that was not possible.
The deputy mayor emphasized that the arrival of the structural engineer, who will assess the building's safety, is awaited, and he announced the filing of a complaint against those responsible for tomorrow.
People's Party: The collapse of the building in Vračar is a consequence of the actions of Vesić's mafia
The City Committee of the People's Party of Belgrade announced today that the collapse of the building in Vidovdanska Street in the municipality of Vračar is a direct consequence of "lawlessness and the actions of the construction mafia that rules the city, headed by Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić and Head of the Building Inspection Sector Nebojša Marjanović". .
"Although the tenants of the building that collapsed pointed out the problem to the authorities and the public, there was no reaction from the construction inspection of Belgrade, which clearly confirms the corrupt relationship between the authorities in the inspection and representatives of private capital, to the detriment of all citizens of Belgrade," said the member of the National Assembly in a written statement. party in the Assembly of Belgrade, Miloš Pavlović.
Pavlović stated that the collapse of the building in Vidovdanska street is the result of another in a series of construction projects in which all previously necessary projects, calculations and preparatory works were not done.
"The Belgrade People's Party demands an immediate response from the prosecution in order to determine the responsibility of the competent persons, and in particular to examine the legality of the procedure for obtaining a building permit before the Secretariat for Urban Planning and Construction Affairs and to examine whether the foundation of the neighboring building was protected, or whether it was at all the project of securing the foundation pit and the project of piles was carried out," Pavlović added.
Pavlović said that "the greatest responsibility lies with the contractor", who, with or without the project, "did not do the campade (reinforcement) of the foundation of the neighboring building", which is the rule for such excavations.
"The construction inspection of Belgrade had to go to the field during the digging and determine before the accident that there is a danger that the neighboring building will collapse in some part, and that its statics and safety will be disrupted in its entirety," added Pavlović.
He said that "in a system ruled by people like Vesić, the question arises as to whether and who will ever be held accountable and compensate for the great damage caused by negligent construction works."
Pavlović pointed out that the investor is obliged to pay for accommodation for all people threatened by the collapse of the building and to repair the damage so that the building and its foundations are strengthened, as well as to enable the safe return of the tenants.
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