Belgrade’s wider center is “decorated” by two large landfills: one has a solution, what about the other? – News

In the wider city centre lie two landfills, two sites that have long plagued Belgrade. One is located in Zvezdara and the other is near the Pancevac BridgeFor one, a solution is in sight, although it is unclear if it has yet to be implemented, but what will we do with the other, which is growing?

For fifteen years, across the street from the tram turn in Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra, the same scene, and often the same smell. An informal settlement. Simple houses with wooden roofs. We visited the ten families who live here. They know it’s bad, but they say they have nowhere else to go.

– It’s awful here, trashy and stuffy, says Violetta Ignac.

– Now we have somehow created the conditions, we are used to it, the children now go to school, we have no problems with our neighbors – says Raša Simić.

They do not know whether they will still have the same community in the coming months. According to the interlocutor, two days ago, the public services of the municipality of Zvezdara visited them and told them that they will make a proposal for relocation in about fifteen days. They claim to have mentioned barracks and containers, but the exact location remains unknown.

Lasa Simic said she didn’t know what she would do if that happened, but she didn’t plan to leave the place so easily.

From the street, attention was focused on the growing landfill. Citizens wrote countless petitions, Firefighters intervened due to the fireIn 2018, the city government decided to demolish the landfill, but they said they could not do anything because the land belonged to a private company.

There were attempts to sell the land in earlier years and bankruptcy proceedings were initiated. They say those who live there should not be responsible for the landfill.. Violeta Ignac said it was not theirs but they used the truck to clear the garbage. Raša Simić said someone lived there.

Garbage Removal Program

The Zvezdara municipality’s announcement states that the owner of the plot is obliged to submit a plan for garbage removal and fencing of the plot. Perhaps this decades-long problem is about to end. But this is not the case at other large landfills..

It is only six kilometers away, below Pančevo Bridgea bunch of anything. Since the beginning of 2023, the Commune Militia has been in action 32 times. However, two misdemeanor arrest warrants were issued because they Only twice I saw someone unloading rubbish there.

– Fences that were erected in many places have been removed and garbage has been dumped again. I often see smoke when I pass by. It’s incredible how many times we have talked about this topic, yes No systematic solution – says Dejan Lekić from the National Ecological Society.

Over the years, city cleaners have removed thousands of cubic meters of trash, but it seems More unloaders.

Punitive measures

It’s easier for them than paying for garbage disposal.Experts say punitive measures are good in theory, but in practice Bad PracticeIn the past year and a half Commune Militia She made 2,723 court appearances and issued 703 misdemeanor reports.

They don’t have enough staff, so it’s important that municipal inspections get involved as well.

The example of Zvezdara will show whether seemingly complex situations can be easily resolved when all institutions and services are involved, given good intentions.

(Telegraf.rs/Real-time strategy）