ZAGREB, Nov 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government at Thursday's session adopted a project for the knocking-down of war-damaged buildings. The project will be implemented in two stages, the first of which will cover the Gospic and Otocac
areas in central Croatia. Here will be pulled down 200 housing and business buildings which, due to the damage they suffered in the Serb aggression earlier this decade, represent a danger to local residents. The second stage will include the demolition of buildings whose owners are unknown or which will not undergo reconstruction. The project will be jointly carried out by the ministries of reconstruction and construction. Lika-Senj County, where Gospic and Otocac are located, has been chosen as the pilot-project. Other counties with a high number of heavily demolished buildings which endanger the security of local residents are Vukovar-Srijem County, Sisak-Mosla
ZAGREB, Nov 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government at Thursday's
session adopted a project for the knocking-down of war-damaged
buildings.
The project will be implemented in two stages, the first of which
will cover the Gospic and Otocac areas in central Croatia. Here will
be pulled down 200 housing and business buildings which, due to the
damage they suffered in the Serb aggression earlier this decade,
represent a danger to local residents.
The second stage will include the demolition of buildings whose
owners are unknown or which will not undergo reconstruction.
The project will be jointly carried out by the ministries of
reconstruction and construction. Lika-Senj County, where Gospic
and Otocac are located, has been chosen as the pilot-project.
Other counties with a high number of heavily demolished buildings
which endanger the security of local residents are Vukovar-Srijem
County, Sisak-Moslavina County, Karlovac County, and Virovitica-
Podravina County.
The project does not encroach upon the ownership system, and
buildings will not be torn down without the owners' consent, Urban
Planning, Construction, and Housing Minister Marko Sirac said. The
obligatory pulling-down of buildings, envisaged in the second
stage, will be carried out in keeping with the law, he added.
About 100,000 buildings out of 160,000 demolished in the recent war
will be reconstructed by year's end, said Jute Radic, Minister of
Development, Immigration, and Reconstruction. He added about
20,000 more were yet to be reconstructed, whereas the remaining
40,000 had no possibility on being included in the reconstruction
system. Among these are buildings without owners.
The government today also passed two decisions relative to care for
Homeland War veterans. Seven total war invalids will be allocated
specially-adapted houses, two in Koprivnica, four in Varazdin, and
two in Rovinjsko Selo.
By year's end, more than 1,000 flats or houses will be allocated to
war veterans.
The government also endorsed "Ten Cities Ten Centuries", a project
which should advance and complement the tourist promotion and
offer. Premier Zlatko Matesa said the project demonstrated
Croatia's cultural and all-rounding belonging to Europe.
The DM3 million project will be implemented between 24 and 26 March
2000. It will include presentations which should depict the spirit
of each century from the eleventh to the present, and will take
place in Pula, the nearby Brijuni Isles, Sibenik, Dubrovnik,
Varazdin, Osijek, Opatija, and Zagreb.
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