10 minutes ago“Infracos” requires this amount of money from Government
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Public railway management company “Infrakos” requires another 1.8m euros per year, so it can operate. “chief Infracosit”, Agron Thaci, has told Online Economy that Kosovo's government under the Railway Law is obliged to cover the company's payments stemming from direct costs. Only 600 thousand [...]
The chief chief of “Infracosit”, Agron Thaci, has told Online Economy that Kosovo's government under the Law for Railways is obliged to cover the company's payments generated by direct costs.
Only 600 thousand euros have been loaned to this enterprise by the Ministry of Economic Development ( MZHE).
Tools shared by this ministry are not meeting the needs of the company managing Kosovo railways.
According to Thaci, the government has not paid off its obligations for the past five years, but it has cut its budget every year.
The Kosovo government has not fulfilled its obligations. The government owes us 1.8m euros a year, which in these five years has not accomplished its obligations, has accomplished very little commitment, and especially in the last two years 2016 and 2017. These two years have been very heavy years for us because the Government, respectively, has not carried out legal obligations, but has also cut the” budget further.
We only receive resources from the Ministry of Economic Development, which is 600 thousand euros a year of subsidies on behalf of payments. The value is 2.2 to 2.3 million, and when this is reduced to 600 thousand we've received it, it turns out that we are entitled to 1.8m euros. The law clearly states that the Government is obliged to make the payment of the lack of resources that arise from direct costs, and that this direct cost is not that we create it, this is done according to administrative guidelines”, Thaci stressed.
Since the beginning of this month, the flow of passenger transportation trains has stopped. The decision on this has been made by the train management company “Trainkos”.
According to the company, the suspension has occurred because of lack of means to operate. The ban on train operation has plunged the company into crisis.
Thaci has told the Online Economy that from the train's turnover stop per month are losing about 25 thousand euros.
He has said this crisis has set “Infracosin” in a situation as difficult as wages for 332 workers will not be able to pay for August.
