{"id":12888,"date":"2021-12-16T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voice.org.rs\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2021-12-17T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T11:20:45","slug":"voice-city-authorities-and-investors-still-silent-about-possible-catastrophe-in-novi-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voice.org.rs\/en\/voice-city-authorities-and-investors-still-silent-about-possible-catastrophe-in-novi-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"VOICE: City Authorities and Investors Still Silent About Possible Catastrophe in Novi Sad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) appealed in their announcement to the competent authorities and investors regarding the construction of the future shopping centre \u201cPromenada\u201d, asking them to promptly solve the problem of underground water, which poses a threat to the daily lives of the citizens, and so did a coalition of NGOs \u201cGradjanska Vojvodina\u201d (\u201cCitizens\u2019 Vojvodina\u201d), the city authorities and investors are still silent about the matter, while anonymous designers at the construction site in question claim to have never heard about the problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In their announcement, LSV claims that, according to the information available to them, the design of the shopping centre construction has not been adhered to, i.e. the problem of underground water has not been dealt with appropriately.<\/p>\n

They also claim that the investors, after noticing the problem, installed wells around the facility in order to drain excess underground water and pump it into the sewage system. It is also said in the announcement that this will lead to floods during the first heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

LSV also warns that this move will lead to a shortage of drinking water in the city and that, due to lowering of the underground water levels following draining, the buildings in the nearby residential areas will start to crack and collapse, eventually.<\/p>\n

This party has also called the investors to take necessary steps without delay in order to prevent catastrophic consequences and appealed to promptly find those responsible \u201cwho dared to alter the design of the Promenada Shopping Centre construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGradjanska Vojvodina\u201d has issued an announcement in which they accuse the investor of failing to adhere to the design and warned that the whole city of Novi Sad would be without drinking water and sewage system. This organization asked for the self-organization of citizens to \u201cdefend the health and lives of their children before it is too late.\u201d \u201cWe wonder how it is possible for the competent authorities to allow something like this. What were the monitoring and inspection services doing? What was the mayor doing, except dreaming of the demolition of SPENS? He has lived to see this senseless \u201ccapital construction\u201d demolish half the city, while the whole city will be without the sewage system and drinking water,\u201d the announcement states.<\/p>\n

Canak: Not a political question, but a real problem<\/p>\n

The leader of LSV Nenad Canak said to the Investigative and Analytic Centre of Vojvodina (VOICE) that he was certain that the mayor of Novi Sad Milos Vucevic and other competent people in the city shared his concern regarding the issue of underground water, as well as his attitude that a prompt reaction was necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually, we\u2019ll have a situation where 24 pumps will be working 24 hours a day, spending a hundred thousand euros on electricity alone. Even if the investor covered the expenses, that wouldn\u2019t be the solution. What happens if their company goes bankrupt, who will pay the bills? The citizens will and that will remain a never-ending problem,\u201d says Canak to VOICE, adding that this isn\u2019t about politics or who runs the city.<\/p>\n

He states that the design has been altered and the problem has arisen because the investor was looking to save on the material used and that he had to react as a citizen, not a politician, and raise the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when the underground passage was built in the centre, close to the Nork department store, there was a similar problem with underground water. It\u2019s like pushing a plastic bottle into sand, but the water is pushing it back onto the surface. That\u2019s why all the surrounding facilities will be in danger,\u201d Nenad Canak warns.<\/p>\n

Competent bodies and investor without reaction<\/p>\n

The competent bodies in Novi Sad have turned a deaf ear to the claims in the announcements issued by LSV and \u201cGradjanska Vojvodina.\u201d Even after numerous calls and e-mails sent, VOICE has still not received an answer to the question whether there were any complications during the construction of Promenada due to underground water, nor do we know whether the daily life of the citizens has been jeopardized as a consequence.<\/p>\n

The manager of \u201cVodovod i kanalizacija Novi Sad\u201d PUC Gvozden Perkovic refused to comment on the mentioned claims. The response from his office was that we needed to turn to the PR department, but we have not received any response from them either a whole day.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Novi Sad Milos Vucevic has also been silent and his office replied that he would respond as soon as we submitted the questions. We did so, but have not been given any reply. VOICE has also been deprived of any response from the department of urban planning and housing.<\/p>\n

The NEPI company, the investor in the Promenada project and purchaser of the most expensive construction land in the history of Novi Sad, has also failed to answer at least one of many calls we have made or to reply to the questions sent via e-mail.<\/p>\n

A reporter from VOICE visited the construction site of Promenada, but failed to get any concrete answers. Those working in the office of the construction site superintendent Aleksandra Kovacevic said she was \u201con holiday\u201d and that they weren\u2019t allowed to comment on any claims.<\/p>\n

One of the designers, who wished to remain anonymous, briefly dismissed the claim that there had been a problem with underground water and claimed that no pumping stations have been installed to solve such problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a pumping station, one that is relocated in accordance with the city\u2019s instructions and the city is building another one. The shopping centre, as such, covers 100% of the plot and all the works around it are the works done by the city. Perhaps a new pumping station is installed because the amount of water increases because of the facility, but I really don\u2019t know. I\u2019m no expert in hydraulic engineering. That really has nothing to do with the design,\u201d claims one of the designers and suggests we wait for the investor\u2019s clarification.<\/p>\n

The reporter from VOICE was denied a permission to walk around the construction site with one of the designers or other workers, because, as those from the construction site superintendent\u2019s office said, \u201csecurity personnel would not allow it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mladen Savatovi\u0107 (VOICE)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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