At the informal settlement in Chukarica, at the corners of the Galipolska and Milorad Jovanovikj streets where several days ago, seven children were severely injured after an electricity accident, the situation is much worse due to heavy rainfall.

Due to the fact that in this part of the city, several houses were caught in a fire, all of the remaining people gathered in the remaining houses, which due to the rain, the rooms are wet and pose a huge threat for the Roma from this settlement. The road which leads to this place is in a very bad shape, and the houses are hard to reach.

 - The roof is leaking, the beds are totally wet, complain the Roma from this informal settlement.

- Almost every family has over 5 children, and they are all together in 15 square meters, a space which sometimes has 10 people in it.

 The living conditions are impossible, it is hard to survive. We don’t have any money for food and basic everyday groceries. 

We’ve moved here 10 years ago. We previously lived on Banovo Brdo, but they relocated us from there due to the construction of residential buildings. We make a living by collecting secondary waste materials. And now, even that is impossible. After the accident, we were visited by officials and the possibility to get us some containers was discussed. Out of the seven injured children aged from three to fifteen years, four of them are still in a critical condition.

Link: https://www.novosti.rs/beograd/vesto/975521/deponiju-ciste-naselju-strah-posle-strujnog-udara-nehigijenskoj-zoni-kisa-donela-nove-muke?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=amp&utm_campaign=2021_03

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