The promise of a school in Lake Dry/ The municipality exposes Erion Veliaj as a fraud

2024-06-02 18:59:00, Denoncim CNA

The promise of a school in Lake Dry/ The municipality exposes Erion Veliaj as a

The Dry Lake area, with 23 thousand inhabitants and the prospect of being overpopulated with new constructions, does not have a public school. The municipality denied planning to build a school in this area, denying the repeated promises of mayor Veliaj. Pre-university children who live in Dry Lake are forced to attend schools far from the residential area, with additional costs for transportation and private education.

In March 2023, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, spoke about the construction of new schools, where he mentioned that one of them would be in the Dry Lake area.

"I am aware that there are some areas still without service and let's say they are the last lot of schools. The same for district 13, there is also a need for 2 schools, the Dry Lake part, at the Zoo.

For the Dry Lake area, at the Zoo, not inside the Botanical Garden, but in the corner, where the land is state property, we will build a 9-year school," Veliaj declared.

Even in December 2023, he emphasized: "Each of you also saw the budgeting of the schools in Astir... Even in Dry Lake, we solved that acute request of that community."

To learn more about the school project in the Dry Lake area, Faktoje addressed a request for information to the Municipality of Tirana.

However, this institution officially clarifies that the construction of a school in that area is not foreseen.

"In response to the above-mentioned letter through which you requested information regarding the works of the 9-year-old school in the area of ??Dry Lake, we inform you that we have not foreseen the construction of a school in that area" - announced the Municipality of Tirana .

The promise of a school in Lake Dry/ The municipality exposes Erion Veliaj as a

Building boom, but no school in Dry Lake

The Dry Lake area is part of the Farka administrative unit and the unit has a population of more than 23 thousand inhabitants. Besides the increase in buildings and residents, the Dry Lake area lacks a public school.

In a verification that we did on the ground on May 24, residents expressed concern that this neighborhood still does not have a 9-year school.

"No, there is no 9-year school here. I send my son to the "Martyrs of Freedom" school. By bus we go 4 stops away. I send it myself every day, it's very tiring, we definitely need a school here. It has been said that it will be done, but we are still not seeing anything.

When the school is built, the boy will be in high school. He is now in the fifth grade and today he has the Vanaf test", says a resident of the area.

Meanwhile, many students were waiting for the van to go to private schools.

"I go to a private school in Linza, there are no schools here at all," says an 8th grade student.

"We don't know if there are public schools here, we send them to private ones", say parents who live in the area that continues to be populated more and more every day in the Dry Lake area.

From 7 am to 8:30 am, many vans passed through this area to pick up children and send them to school.

The Territorial Planning Regulation requires that the residential area must have a 9-year school, no more than 500 meters away, and a gymnasium or high school, no more than 1000 meters away.

conclusion

Based on the verification carried out and the information collected, the promise of Mayor Veliaj for the construction of the school in Lake Dry will be categorized as unfulfilled./ Facts