09.01.2014.

SAF help build the water system for Uzice citizens

Members of the 210th Engineering Battalion 2 Army Brigade on the second day tirelessly working on clearing the route for setting up the pipeline to the citizens of Uzice supply of drinking water . Approximately 60,000 residents of this town in western Serbia since 26 December have not used municipal water for drinking and washing due to pollution of the lake Vrutci with algae which supplies the town with water. By the Decision of the Minister of Defence the Serbian Armed Forces rushed to the aid of Uzice first by sending of 12 tanks with potable water , and then an engineering 2 brigade came to the rescue, which undertook to complete this serious task- preparing ground between Susak springs and Stapar where the pipeline will connect the water spring on the slopes of Zlatibor for the existing water supply network .

According to Major Slavko Prodanović , commander of the Working Group , the engineers of the 2nd brigade have already cleared about 1,200 feet of the route for new pipeline next to the river beds of Đetinja and Sušica while the digging of canals is expected to start on Saturday . The army would thus accomplish the assigned task .

Members of the Serbian Armed Forces have been engaged since 7th January, when they brought engineering machinery on the site of the works. Due to the inaccessibility of the terrain and lack of adequate access roads , the engineers had to extend existing roads to reach the location where they will work. Major Prodanovic said that soldiers in some parts of the route had to overcome a very dense forest , and even crush large rocks , while even explosives will be used to clear certain parts of the roads.

Mayor of Uzice Sasa Milosevic thanked the members of the Serbian Army for their help stressing the importance of their efforts so the citizens can get potable water by 25 January , as announced.

Freom the spring " Sušička vrela " to Stapar a total of 44 members of the Army of Serbia are engaged, nine self-propelled engineering machines and four trucks working throughout the day to finish the work as soon as possible.