SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 11 (ONASA) – Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton Nihad Uk announced a new strategy in the fight against polluted air, which has rightly been characterized as one of the burning problems of the main BiH for several decades. town.
The Government of the Canton of Sarajevo established the Proposal for a Decision on Adopting the Strategy for Limiting the Use of Coal and Other Solid Fuels in KS for the Period 2023-2033., and referred it to the parliamentary procedure.
“In practice, this means that by implementing the measures from this Strategy, in the next ten years, we would reduce emissions from individual combustion plants by 90%, and these are the dominant sources of air pollution in KS during the winter season,” announced Uk, and added:
“We cannot improve air quality without affecting individual combustion plants. As pointed out by the Minister of Communal Economy, Infrastructure, Spatial Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection in the Government of Sarajevo Canton, Bojan Bošnjak, it is planned to subsidize energy efficiency measures in nine priority zones of Sarajevo Canton and replacement of energy sources in around 20,000 buildings, of which 43,000 are heated with solid fuels in Canton. By implementing measures from the Strategy, and with measures in the transport and industry sectors, they would bring air quality in KS to European quality standards.”
“It is planned that the Strategy will be presented to the public soon. For its implementation, about 380 million BAM will be needed, which should be allocated from the Budget and other domestic and foreign sources. In addition to the Canton, it is planned that the owners of buildings and municipalities will participate in the system of incentives for implementation.” .
“Until the final solution to the problem, it is necessary to adopt a new regulation that would introduce the certification of boilers and furnaces that have low emission, adopt other missing regulations, improve urban planning and air quality design. Planning measures for the revitalization of the chimney sector are especially important, for the purpose of monitoring over emissions from home fireplaces, which has been devastated for a long time in Sarajevo Canton”.
“The process is long, expensive and demanding, but the result we expect is – finally clean air in Sarajevo Canton”, wrote the Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton Nihad Uk on his Facebook profile. (end)