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Profit Majkovci
- November 28, 2020 13:51
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A "zip line" like in Peja is planned to be built from Butovci in the direction of Germia.
But what was presented as an "adventure park" has turned into a "park of quarrels" between the Municipality of Pristina and non-governmental organizations for environmental protection.
During Thursday, two of these NGOs submitted to the municipality a request for a review of the project, which, according to them, is ignoring the recommendations of the Kosovar Institute for Nature Protection.
Flutra Zymi, representative of the "Active Citizens" organization, says that Germija Park is a landscape that needs to be protected and that, according to her, the construction of this park does the opposite.
Zymi adds that through this request they intend to raise a public debate about why the competences for the park have passed to the Directorate of Culture and not to the Directorate of Parks in Pristina.
Through a written response from the Directorate of Culture, they said that the chosen location is harmless to nature.
The municipal officials say that they will be careful in the installation in order not to damage the trees and the biodiversity of this part of Germia.
The park covers an area of 70 acres and includes challenges, which are raised at a certain height from the ground. Visitors will be focused on the entrance, the ticket office, next to the main paved road, next to which there will be wooden seats and takeaway service. Since all the challenges are raised above the ground, visitors will not trample the vegetation and destroy the biodiversity of this part of Germia. All the paths that will be built in this part will orient the visitors to be focused at the beginning and not along the entire length of the park, thus managing and not allowing traffic in the deep parts of Germia'', he said. Blerta Basholli from the Directorate for Culture.
Basholli has shown that the directorate she leads in the municipality has all possible environmental permits and other necessary consents.
According to her, the project has fueled the dissatisfaction of only a small number of NGOs since there are many other organizations that have agreed to such a park.
