Last weekend, as part of the great clean up action organized by the Coalition for the Protection of Rivers of BiH on the occasion of the International Earth Day, members of the Center Dr. Stjepan Bolkay in Olovo, organized an action of cleaning the riverbed and banks of the river Krivaja. It was planned to clean the area about 5 km long from the river mouth where the river Krivaja is formed by connecting Bioštica and Stupčanica, so-called Triangle, to Križevići. According to the organizers, the goal of the action is to once again show how much they care about our rivers, and to send a clear message that we are not giving up and we will continue to fight for our rivers!
Although the organizer and our radio and web portal announced and invited citizens during the week, unfortunately a very small number of Olovo citizens responded to the action, and the amount of garbage limited us to only a kilometer and a half.
-In today’s clean up action, 10 beautiful people did their best to make Krivaja more beautiful for approximately 10,000 inhabitants of Olovo municipality. I must admit that I underestimated the amount of garbage in Krivaja, assuming that we can clean 5 kilometers. After several hours of hard work on very difficult terrain in the Krivaja canyon, we collected 73 large bags of garbage. It is unbelievable that we collected all this in just a kilometer and a half. I would like to thank to wonderful people who decided to spend a sunny Sunday with us in this action, for clean Krivaja, says Saudin Merdan, an activist of the Center Dr. Stjepan Bolkay.
We remind you that the Bolkay Center is an association registered in Olovo where it has been operating for 3 years. You can find more information about this association on their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CentarBolkay
This will not be the first or last action this year on Krivaja, representatives of the Center announced during their guest appearance on our radio program. For all activities, promotions and announcements, they have our unreserved support, all with the goal of a cleaner and more beautiful environment.
