The newspaper Polimlje info conveys the great expectations of the residents of Prijepolje since the beginning of the implementation of the “Clean Serbia” project. “After years of waiting for the problem to be solved, all eyes are on Clean Serbia,” this paper states.

In 2021, Prijepolje made decisions at the Subština session on the development of a detailed regulation plan for Zalug and part of Brodarevo, which are necessary in order to start activities that will enable the development of planning acts to solve the issue of wastewater. As it was pointed out, the municipality of Prijepolje entered the program of the Government of the Republic of Serbia called “Clean Serbia”, which, thanks to financial support, will enable municipalities to solve complex issues of sewage and the construction of wastewater treatment plants. All councilors who joined the discussion expressed their pride in taking part in making these decisions. It was a big step, because Prijepolska found itself in the company of around seventy other local self-governments that should, with the great help of the state project, provide the conditions for solving one of the biggest problems of every, especially such a poor, devastated and underdeveloped municipality, which, in contrast, out of many, there are extraordinary rivers that represent a real jewel and a great resource and “legacy for the future”, reminds Polimlje info.

Last year, the fact predicted by the “Clean Serbia” project that 32 million dinars were earmarked for the municipality of Prijepolje was confirmed, and we are talking about an area where almost 22,000 inhabitants live. The municipal president Drago Popadić confirmed that the works will be carried out in phases. In July 2023, the municipal leadership had a meeting with the company “Eko Morava” when it was said that project documentation for the construction of a sewage network for six settlements would be drawn up. In his address, Popadić said that the project includes “60 kilometers of sewage network and is divided into six stages.” One of the stages is Ivanje, which makes up about 30 percent of the planned sewage network.” As he pointed out: “For now, we are close to finishing Ivanje and the stage along the road to Mileseva.” The other stages, Velika Župa, Kolovrat, Raišnjevo, are being designed and I expect that we will have them completed by the end of the year, but Ivanje and Mileseva are our priority”.

Coverage by the sewage network is 43 percent with a total of 6,340 connections. That’s why all eyes are on the “Clean Serbia” project, the goal of which is, as stated, “to solve the problems of cities and municipalities that have not been in focus until now due to insufficient activity of the local self-governments themselves or due to lack of financial resources of this segment”, this paper states.