9 minutes agoPec: 160 requests from citizens for post-waste damage compensation
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Saturday was a tragic day for the town of Peja. There, because of severe flooding, the mother and her five - year - old son died and two others were injured. Major damage was also caused in infrastructure. Today, the head of the Peja municipality Gazmend Muharzier said they are cleaning roads while [...]
Saturday after 8:00 a.m., it's been raining as much as it's been in June for the entire month in this municipality. As a result of heavy rainfall, Peja has flooded, thus leading to the loss of two lives ʹthe mother and 5-year-old son in the neighborhood <x0);Ashean” In addition to them, there were two others who were later released from the hospital.
However, huge damage has also occurred in infrastructure, many roads have been blocked while there have been power cuts in some neighbourhoods.
For compensation of the damage caused, the municipality of Pec is expected to submit a report to the Government of Kosovo. Peja Mayor Gazmend Muharzier has said they are turning the trash off the road, while so far they have accepted 160 requests from citizens to compensate for the damage caused by the floods.
The “are making improvements, because we're taking the trash away, we're leaving the streets. Two families are still displaced, an old house protected by the state, and two families close to where tragedy has occurred. I don't know, we've done the commission, the damage assessment. By early times, there have been about 160 requests from citizens for damages compensation, and we are still waiting for”, Mujarri said.
While Deputy Chairman Fatmir Aslan has told Express that he has a 10-day deadline for citizens to hand in the demand for compensation of damages.
The “is formed the commission. Each citizen must apply for compensation for the damage. Yesterday for about an hour, there were about 60 complaints. At the end of the day I get the report on how many requests have come, then the commission comes out and makes the damage assessment. Now it's hard to give a real value until it's done. The deadline is 10 days to bring in the compensation for damages”, he told Express.
And yesterday, the Muharır said that the streets of the city were still covered with mud and clay. Therefore, he has asked citizens to limit vehicle exit.
Therefore, I request kindly from all citizens, that tomorrow, June 27, 2023, you limit moving by car through the streets of the city. This demand comes as a precautionary measure to avoid possible roadblocks and injuries during the road cleaning process. ”
How did the double death happen in Pec?
Fatmir Aslan, deputy head of the Pec municipality, has said Sunday that the teams have stayed until 0500 this morning verifying through cars that fell into the canal for missing persons.
We've been with all the emergency teams on the ground, the KSF has arrived once, since there are bodies that have come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the MPB's deputy minister, we have confirmed or injured, in those moments our interest has been only if there are people injured, there are no missing. We've seen a lot of material damage, cars and so on, but in those moments there's nothing to be seen in front of people, we're interested not to have others hurt because there's been some cars that fell into the ditch, they've verified one by one, don't have people in those cars, and fortunately there's no other”, Aslan said on Sunday.
Deputy Mayor Aslan reports that in critical moments the mother about 30-year-olds, along with her five-year-old son, was at home, but that the missing body of the woman was found near a neighbor's house.
“Sic is reporting, because the case is certainly also being investigated, as far as we know they've been at home and the house has been very close to the jazi that has happened and the great momentum of the water that has come has taken over the house. It's supposed to be some dam that was built in the neighbourhood in the '50s-60s, it's damaged and it's brought about the great momentum of water, Yazi Qokolica is called, is temporarily flooded. Those two were at home, and neighbors reported the case. The house should be postwar construction. Mother is found in a house near neighbours, later”, Aslan said. /GazetaExpress
