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Former Minister Neno Dimov was arrested on January 9 this year and has been on the run since September 9 on bail. PHOTO: Desislava Kulelieva, BNT
l The former Minister of the Environment is
in general against a subscription of September 9
l had to stop the water supply
for industrial needs before
January 2018
l For 45 days, experts inspected the dam
“Cold” even with drones, they wrote
600 page conclusion on the water crisis
Former Environment Minister Neno Dimov, accused of the Pernik water crisis, twice refused to reveal the bank secrecy, people close to the investigation said. Therefore, they will now have to ask the court for permission to open their bank accounts. He also declined to give an explanation.
Dimov, who was arrested on January 9 this year and has been under house arrest since April 23, is now free with a “subscription.” His detention order was modified by the Prosecutor’s Office on September 9. The reason: the expiration of the eight months during which he may be detained. According to the law, house arrest is also included in this period.
So far in the case
they were questioned
more than 100
witnesses
The inspection of the Studena Dam lasted 45 days. It was attended by hydraulic engineers, professors from the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, researchers. Drones were also included. 9 experts worked on the experience, which should say what caused the water crisis in Pernik and if Neno Dimov could have prevented it.
The specialists wrote a 600-page conclusion. He was subjected to the investigation earlier this week. Researchers will only become familiar with it and decide whether to ask the experts additional questions.
It turned out that the former minister had to stop supplying water for industrial needs before January 2018, researchers say. If this is the case it must be proven in court.
“Almost 22 months
did nothing
although the manager of the Water and Sewerage Company systematically informed him that the influx in Yavozira was decreasing, “said supervising prosecutor Angel Kanev in January.
The case of the water crisis appeared in December last year, shortly before, some 97 thousand inhabitants of Pernik entered the water regime. In addition to the former minister, the defendants are the former director of Vik – Pernik, Ivan Vitanov and the former deputy mayor Sevdalina Kovacheva. The prosecution claims that since the beginning of 2018, Neno Dimov has been receiving information about the volumes of water in the dam. Therefore, he was warned about the problem for 2 years. According to the prosecution, he did not take any action, but in individual cases
even let it go
more water for
industrial
needs,
of what the companies wanted. During the cases to determine the containment measure of Neno Dimov, it became clear that “Stomana Industry” and “Toplofikatsiya – Pernik” paid 13 cents per cubic meter, unlike the citizens, for whom the price was almost 2 BGN per meter. cubic.
The approximate damage is estimated to be around BGN 11 million. According to the prosecution, if the minister had fulfilled his obligations, the Studena dam would have had more than 7 million liters of water, enough to prevent a disaster.
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