RECONSTRUCTION OF DAM OF PERUCA

SINJ, July 8 (Hina) - The general director of the Croatian Electric Power Industry (HEP), Damir Begovic and his assistants, visited today the dam of Peruca (in the hinterland of the Adriatic port of Split), and expressed satisfaction with the successfully completed first stage in the reconstruction of the dam. Last year the dam was severely damaged in the explosion, set by Serb paramilitary troops from the U.N. Sector South. Mr. Begovic told journalists that in the second stage of the reconstruction the repairs on the left section of the dam and the clay-concrete base should be carried out in the due time. After that Lake Peruca could accept 450 million square metres of water, i.e. 85 p.c. of the entire capacity of Peruca accumulation. The HEP general director also informed that the works on setting up of the transition lines on Croatian islands would soon be finished, so that Dalmatia (southern Croatia) would be reintegrated in Croatia's electric power system. The present transition lines that pass through the occupied areas of the Dalmatian hinterland and the area of Lika, have been cut off by Serb separatists. That's why Dalmatian has suffered from the electric power shortage. 082110 MET jul 94