HRVACE, May 29 (Hina) - On occasion of the Croatian Statehood Day Croatian Reconstruction and Development Minister Jure Radic on Wednesday opened the reconstructed Peruca dam, 50 kilometres north of Split.
HRVACE, May 29 (Hina) - On occasion of the Croatian Statehood Day
Croatian Reconstruction and Development Minister Jure Radic on
Wednesday opened the reconstructed Peruca dam, 50 kilometres north
of Split. #L#
The dam had been mined by the former Yugoslav army and
Chetniks in January 1993. It was heavily damaged in an effort to
provoke a flood and catastrophe in the valley of river Cetina.
The catastrophe was avoided by quick and successful work of
Croatian army engineers, Croatian Electric Power Industry (HEP)
workers and building constructors.
The HEP began the reconstruction on August 1 1993.
The new dam is one metre and a half higher than before, the
amount of accumulation has been increased for 20%, so the lake can
hold 570 million metres squared of water which is used for the
production of electricity in the hydroelectric power plants down
the stream of the Cetina river.
(hina) lm mm
291517 MET may 96