Konaković: NO GRASA can not be established TRANSPORT, ACT line traffic ON HOLD

Without the Cantonal public utility company "Public Transport" can not be established urban transport and no one has the capacity to cover the entire city - said the Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton Elmedin Konaković Fena.

By Alma Zukanović

For this reason, he said, the Bill on public line traffic in the KS-in, which will eventually stabilize and resolve the status Gras and Centrotrans will not yet be on the agenda of the session of the Assembly of Sarajevo Canton. The adoption of this law at this time, warned Konaković, Grasu to close the possibility to perform this function.- When Gras be able to pay salaries, contributions and health insurance to their workers and when the debt burden off the state, then we can establish a functional urban transport and law to form - he explained.

He added that MPs who advocated fighting or bankruptcy of the company does not offer an alternative to that in the morning organizing public transport for citizens.He stressed that these days on the market leave a few trams, and that the end of March, a fleet of the company will be richer by 10 or 15 vehicle units from Istanbul.Speaking of control charts, Konaković says he is not satisfied. It is believed that in the first six months of the recovery process Gras went quite well, but now the problem is personnel policy within the company. Most of the process initiated by the Ministry of Transport of Canton, because Gras no efficient management.

- The situation in this company is a lot better than it was when we arrived, and this is especially evident in the coverage of the city line - assessed.Konaković says he does not expect Grass to be profitable, but expects to be able to pay salaries, contributions and health insurance to workers. As an example, he pointed out the Belgrade public transport, which is in six months made a loss of 40 million euros.- Public transport is expensive, but we need to provide the citizens and we can not behave commercially - assessed.

Konaković says that employees of the company for half a year, normally verified health card, and that is in the process of retirement 130 people.- 14 They can not retire because of blocked accounts of previous employers - he stressed.He also added that he Gras hired new drivers, which will make this company even more functional, but that the situation is far from satisfactory.

Of important projects for the citizens of Sarajevo, Konaković stressed and reconstruction of the tram stop, which gives life to a public-private partnership, which is atrophied in the Sarajevo Canton.- Most of the tram stations are planning to quit and installed the system at tram stops. We also plan to sell the place for advertising, which is also an investment in partnership with the private sector - he explained.

Speaking on the reduction of gas prices in the Sarajevo Canton, Konaković said that this will happen as soon as the BH-Gas officially and formally take a formal decision.- It turned out that the price correction in the "DH" was justified because when the BH-Gas falling prices, we balance the price of heating, because of the debt Plant nobody could service the debt to the Russian supplier - explained.He points out that the price of gas is too expensive and that the expected reduction in a very short time.

• 7 Feb, 2016
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