Serb IDPs left without electricity for 72 hours
Several dozen Serbs, who live in containers in the Serb enclave of Gracaanica in central Kosovo, were left without electricity for more than 72 hours. The electricity was restored after intensive negotiations.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, December 28, 2009
The residents of the container settlement, who were driven out of their homes elsewhere in the province during ethnic Albanian attacks in March 2004, had appealed to have the power restored to their dwellings.
There are 12 children in the families that lost their houses five years ago, and their jobs and income ten years ago.
They say that many among them suffer from chronic illnesses, and are in dire financial circumstances.
The IDPs say that the Kosovo power company, KEK, notified them that they were cut off from the grid, but that "other institutions took the responsibility to pay electricity", and believe that, "if all else fails", they are entitled to the so-called humanitarian electricity.
