Podujevo's underwater Bellopow, residents say they cannot plant land

In this municipality the lands are already covered by water. In a village in this municipality, they complain that the flood of land cannot work at this beginning of spring until they say the damage is great.

It's planting time, but this time this habit will have delays for residents of the village of Bellopoja from the Podujevo municipality.

The lands that had been prepared for seed to be delivered on them from the evening of March 11, are filled with water as a result of rainfall until it gives the impression of a lake. Ramiz Mustafa says he lives with the income he provides from agriculture, but disappointed shows fears that all the wrestling will be wasted.

“Brenda month needs to start planting but now we can't cause damage that's been done because all the fields are underwater. The municipality five years ago started to expand with nothing but water, and then it's taking its fields. We live from agriculture, and this year we're lost. It's rotten wheat, it's ruined the ground from the water”, Ramiz Mustafa resident of the village of Bellopoja. Full of water, and Sylejman Matarova.

Last night's declines are not the only ones that caused damage to agriculture in this section.

A similar situation was in mid - January. Even the damage that was caused at the time has not yet been repaid to the inhabitants of this village.

And the whole problem, they think, is due to the lack of expansion of the village torrent. We've been planted, but now all the land is in water and not used. We've been planting corn, we've got corn, we've got corn and we've got it. Reken's not cleaned up and taking her fields. The municipality doesn't come to see us, we've been hurt even in January, but nobody came to us to see or help us”, said Sylejman Matarova resident of the village of Bellopoja.

Rainfalls in recent days have caused the worst damage in the Podujevo municipality in the agriculture sector. Rainfalls in the Podujevo municipality in recent days have flooded agricultural land and made traffic difficult, but not even residential homes. The situation is currently fully under control, while in case of worsening this situation through emergency teams we are ready for intervention where there is a need for”, Fatri Dzitia, the Podujevo municipality has stressed.

Podujevo is one of the municipalities that have suffered most damage in recent months due to flooding. The value of damages in this municipality has amounted to over 3m euros. / RTV Dukagini