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Foundation stone laid for 20 houses for IDPs
Zubin Potok,
11 December 2007
Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of implementing the National Investment Plan (NIP) Dragan Djilas and Serbian Minister of Infrastructure Velimir Ilic laid the foundation stone today in the municipality of Zubin Potok for 20 houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Kosovo-Metohija.
Djilas stressed that representatives of the Serbian government, through various projects and investments for creating a better life for those who decided to stay and live in the province, are showing their clear stand regarding the issue of the status of Kosovo-Metohija.
He recalled that a sum of RSD 900 million has been provided for Kosovo-Metohija from the NIP, while during the next year RSD 1.3 million will be spent for this purpose. He said that 80 houses will be built in Gracanica, while the Kosovska Mitrovica University will become a centre for gathering people in the province.
The government, through investments to improve people’s lives in the province, is showing its position regarding the question whether Kosovo-Metohija is part of Serbia or not, said the Minister, adding that the government will make all possible efforts to make life better in Kosovo-Metohija.
Speaking to the press, Ilic said that the Serbian government will not allow that a single Serb family in Kosovo-Metohija lives in barracks and stressed that today’s foundation stone laying ceremony is only the beginning of intensive construction works in Kosovo-Metohija to be carried out in 2008.
This is the beginning of those works; the funds have been secured from the NIP and the Serbian budget, and they will be used to build houses since no one can survive without houses and infrastructure, said the Minister and added that the government also aims to build roads going to each and every house.
According to Ilic, construction of a water pipeline for northern Kosovska Mitrovica will begin soon for which the project and tender have been finalised.
The works will cost €14 million, and will begin when the government gives guarantees, said Ilic.
Investor in the project of building houses in Zubin Potok is the Ministry of Infrastructure while funds were provided from the NIP. The cost of works is RSD 31 million and the deadline for completion is 70 days.
Nearly 650 IDPs, or 160 families, are residing now in Zubin Potok; 140 of those families are located in collective centres while others are in private accommodation.
The project will take care of 20 families having the largest number of children of school age.
He recalled that a sum of RSD 900 million has been provided for Kosovo-Metohija from the NIP, while during the next year RSD 1.3 million will be spent for this purpose. He said that 80 houses will be built in Gracanica, while the Kosovska Mitrovica University will become a centre for gathering people in the province.
The government, through investments to improve people’s lives in the province, is showing its position regarding the question whether Kosovo-Metohija is part of Serbia or not, said the Minister, adding that the government will make all possible efforts to make life better in Kosovo-Metohija.
Speaking to the press, Ilic said that the Serbian government will not allow that a single Serb family in Kosovo-Metohija lives in barracks and stressed that today’s foundation stone laying ceremony is only the beginning of intensive construction works in Kosovo-Metohija to be carried out in 2008.
This is the beginning of those works; the funds have been secured from the NIP and the Serbian budget, and they will be used to build houses since no one can survive without houses and infrastructure, said the Minister and added that the government also aims to build roads going to each and every house.
According to Ilic, construction of a water pipeline for northern Kosovska Mitrovica will begin soon for which the project and tender have been finalised.
The works will cost €14 million, and will begin when the government gives guarantees, said Ilic.
Investor in the project of building houses in Zubin Potok is the Ministry of Infrastructure while funds were provided from the NIP. The cost of works is RSD 31 million and the deadline for completion is 70 days.
Nearly 650 IDPs, or 160 families, are residing now in Zubin Potok; 140 of those families are located in collective centres while others are in private accommodation.
The project will take care of 20 families having the largest number of children of school age.
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