As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 19th of June, 2020, about 500 connections will be provided by the electrification programme to Croatian Roma settlements throughout the entire country within the Government’s Operational Programme for the Roma national minority, Vecernji list reports on Friday.
This was stated officially following the signing of the contract on financing the programme of connection to the electricity network of households located in Croatian Roma settlements, which was signed by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Tomislav Coric, and the director of HEP – Distribution System Operator, Nikola Sulentic.
In the first phase of the works, there will be as many as 200 connections introduced in the continental Croatian areas of Sisak-Moslavina, Koprivnica-Krixevci, Bjelovar-Bilogora, Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja, Medjimurje and Varazdin counties. The competent ministry has provided two million kuna in total for the introduction of electricity in Croatian Roma settlements across the country, and with this money, HEP ODS will provide connections for all users who meet all of the necessary legal requirements.
All of the owners of the buildings on the connection list had to satisfy numerous conditions in order to get the green light for the electricity introduction, such as the proper provision of proof that the building had been legalised correctly and that all of the accompanying electricity connection fees had been paid in full.
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