CITIZENS CONCERNED AFTER THE REPORT PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE REPORT
26.03.2015
CITIZENS CONCERNED AFTER THE REPORT PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE REPORT

The report of the Institute of Public Health on the situation in the flooded settlement of Nis `May 9` and worried the villagers of Palilula. According to the president of the Municipality, the analysis shows that there is a risk of infectious diseases, which once again appeals to City staff for emergencies to declare a state of emergency. The opositional Democratic Party of Nis also reacted, but the departmental councilor remains adamant that the situation is not so alarming, with the note that the report of the Institute has not yet been officially received.

After the underground water flooded parts of Novo Selo, Donje i Gornje Medjurovo, Belotinac, the channels and the stench, fear remained. Especially after the report of the Institute for Public Health Niš, where there was a warning of the possible occurrence of intestinal infectious diseases. Water from the wells is not suitable for drinking, nor the products from flooded fields for eating, according to the report of the Institute for Public Health Niš, after the analysis of the samples of water and soil. In the Municipality of Palilula this is more than enough to declare a state of emergency. "There are a lot of mosquitoes and ticks, and there is a risk of bluetongue in animals. We do what we can, but this is the task of staff for emergencies, "says the president Boban Džunić. Džunić adds that daily tanks are provided with drinking water for the villagers, and for four children, he says, was provided also temporary accommodation in the city until conditions get better.

From the City currently there is no official comment yet.

In Palilula Municipality they say that at the meeting of the Assembly of the Municipality about problems in the settlement ` May 9` were unanimous and the government and the opposition.

And that the help for flooded hit areas should not be a political issue, is also stated in Nis Democratic Party. Resident of the Donje Medjurovo Dragan Petrovic says that his three plots are flooded, and the damage is not known. "We hope that the Department of Agriculture drew up a report on the situation in flooded areas, so that we can see, the owners of agricultural land, what we can do," said Petrovic.

Settlement `9. May` in Nis, i.e. Novo Selo, has been fighting with underground waters in the last 3 months, a most difficult situation was in early March, when it was flooded about 200 houses. The situation was similar in the Industrial Zone and the village Međurovo, and agriculture is quite damaged and Belotinac village, where under water are about 150 hectares of arable land.

Although the results of the analysis of soil samples and water in areas around flooded areas of Nis are not alarming, it should not be taken lightly. Hygene specialist from the Institute of Public Health in Nis, Dr. Snezana Gavrilovic stated this today while being a guest on the Danas tv show. The public is advised that water for drinking, food preparation and hygiene use exclusively used from the utility lines, not wells, and not to eat fruits and vegetables from flooded areas! There is warning that these products should not be sold in the market, and that people, in the case of any intestinal problems, report immediately to physicians. It is necessary that the competent authorities immediately react, first of all for the channeling of water and draining a flooded area, and then take the so-called. DDD (disinfection, section related to disinfection and rodent control) measures, says Dr. Gavrilovic.