The state’s response to natural disasters is once again in the spotlight of this column, for the second week in a row. This time, it is, of course, about Croatian Kostajnica, which has found itself trapped between land and water, between landslides and floods. The small town between the Una River and Mount Djed, even without these calamities, was the most underdeveloped town in Croatia, where, according to Bisnode data, only 36 companies reported their annual financial statements for 2016. In total, 140 employees generated revenue of about 30 million kuna, which means that if they operated as a single company, Croatian Kostajnica would rank only 2707th in terms of revenue in Croatia. And with a cumulative loss of 2.4 million kuna. Clearly, the consequences of the calamities will have to be addressed by the state.
>>> The state humiliates the victims of fires and floods
Prime Minister Plenković spoke about this on Tuesday, comforting the residents of Kostajnica. He promised all assistance, including medicine for a woman who lost everything. And when the Prime Minister left, the victim received – andol. Therefore, be cautious with state promises.
The last resident of the container settlement has not yet emerged from the container in Gunja. A week ago, I also mentioned the humiliating compensations for last year’s fires and floods. I am really curious if someone in Croatian Kostajnica will break the record of the woman from Kukljica on Ugljan, to whom the state compensated flood damage with 2.70 kuna. No, it is not a typo; it is indeed a payment of two kuna and seventy lipa.
