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Life in the town begins to return to normal as all primary schools opened on Monday, and members of the Serbian Armed Forces are helping to clean up the damage caused by the flooding, Tanjug’s on-site correspondent reports. Municipality president Dragan Bogicevic told Tanjug that the damage assessment currently under way will be completed within the deadline set by the Serbian government – May 30th. He was unable to specify the extent of the damage sustained by Mali Zvornik, but noted that it will take years for the municipality to recover. All rivers have returned to their beds, which are slightly different now than before the flooding, said Bogojevic, and pointed out that a significant number of landslides pose a threat to more than 160 homes. The landslide activated near the bridge at the northern edge of Mali Zvornik threatened to cut the municipality in half, but it was stopped by clearing the debris. A massive landslide between two rocks in the village of Podgaj, Velika Reka, poses a threat to 54 households. At this point there is no solution to this landslide, says Bogicevic, The municipality needs assistance as the best thing for the households under threat would be to evacuate them. Members of the army are working on the construction of an alternative 11-km long road around Mali Zvornik, after the idea to clean up the active landslide which blocked the main road leading to the municipality has been abandoned. The biggest problem at the moment is a lack of diesel fuel, considering that the heavy machinery clearing the debris left by the water uses more than 3.5 tons of fuel a day, says Bogicevic. The need for diesel fuel will continue to grow as additional machinery will be deployed for the removal of debris from the flooding and landslides, he says.
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