Surčinski road has been demolished, electricity and internet have been cut, and the residents of the street know nothing about it. Because they came to do the work, without a blackboard or any papers - one Greek and several Nepalese
If this story were not true, it would have started without problems like any joke - a Greek and a few Napals came to Ledine to work.
In the middle, there are really works on a small dead end street that leads to Surčinski put. There are about 15 households and four companies in it, and on Friday, October 10, workers set foot in it with heavy machinery - and started digging.
"They dug up our street without warning or notification, and during the works they accidentally cut the cable with a grinder, so now half the street has no internet," says Aleksandar Kurmazović, who owns a company on this street. "We don't even have electricity all day because they accidentally destroyed the underground electricity cable."
The citizens, he adds, tried to talk to the workers and ask them - where did the works come from and how long will they last. Because they are drilling in a cul-de-sac that is closed for construction, so people can't get out by car in the meantime.
"We found several workers, but they were all foreigners and no one knew a word of Serbian or English," says Kurmazović. "We reached an agreement with the Greek, that they came to prepare the works for the train that should pass, but the man simply did not know how to tell us how long it would take and whether we would get electricity. We sent strong emails to the municipal police and now we are waiting for an answer - I still don't know what we could do in this bizarre situation."
Residents of Surcin assume that the works are being carried out because an overpass for a new train is to be built nearby, but they say they are worried that no one has informed them about it. They also add that they have no problem with foreign workers or works, but that it would mean a lot to them if someone came with them to - simply inform them.
In the street next to his archery school, there is also a company that sells ceramics and a parking lot, as well as a gym, and now none of them can approach their businesses. If the road were completely dug up, no one would be able to get out with a car, and old people live in the surrounding houses, they add.
As they did not receive answers to emails from the local self-government, the citizens forced the workers to temporarily stop work at least until someone informs them.
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