"Vreme" learns: The railway station in Novi Sad operated with a forged permit

Manager Infrastructure Railways and several others who were arrested on Monday are, according to "Vremen" information, accused of falsifying a probationary license railway station in Novi Sad.

At the time of the fall of the canopy, under which fifteen people died, the station had only that permit for trial operation.

According to the Law on Planning and Construction, the permit for trial operation, issued by the company authorized for the technical inspection of the facility, replaces the use permit for a period of one year.

They wrote that the object is stable

In addition to SK, the development manager at the Railway Infrastructure, three members of the commission for the technical inspection of the railway station in Novi Sad were also arrested, while one person is on the run.

A three-member consortium was responsible for the technical inspection of the building, which is the company Trioprojekt, Beogradčvor and KBV Datacom.

In April of last year, they prepared a report on the technical inspection of the facility, in which it was stated in the minutes that there are no defects affecting the stability and functionality of the facility.

This indicates that in July of last year, when the station was opened by Minister Goran Vesić, Prime Minister of Vojvodina Maja Gojković, Mayor of Novi Sad Milan Đurić and Director of Railway Infrastructure Jelena Tanasković, there was a permit for trial operation that was valid until April 2025.

Weak point in the indictment

The arrest of the suspects for issuing a falsified license for probationary work could therefore overturn part of the indictment of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad. Because, in the indictment, which "Vreme" had access to, several state officials are accused of visiting the railway station "while they knew that there was no use permit".

"Vreme" had an insight into several decisions confirming that Elektromreže Srbije issued permits for connecting the Railway Station in Novi Sad to electricity.

According to the current law, such a permit can only be issued by the EMS if there is a permit for trial operation or a permit for use.