The semi-Olympic swimming pool in Podujeva is being built with an investment of 4 million euros, which will offer modern conditions for swimming, suitable for daily training and professional competitions, said the acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Hajrulla Çeku.
He stayed in Podujevo on Friday.
"We are firmly implementing the investment plan for the 2030 Mediterranean Games. We were in Podujevo to see up close the works for the construction of the semi-Olympic swimming pool, an investment of 4 million euros that will provide modern infrastructure for the sport of swimming, suitable for both daily training and professional competitions. We are creating a better future for sport!", he said. Ceku.
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti also spoke about the same event. "4 million euros investment for sports, for Podujeva, for the 2030 Mediterranean Games. The work continues," he said.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Pristina, Përparim Rama, has said that the construction of the semi-Olympic swimming pool in Podujeva does not meet the criteria for international competitions and is not part of the official plan of the Mediterranean Games "Prishtina 2030", reacting to the acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Hajrulla Çeku, who today inspected the works on the project worth 4 million euros.
According to Rama, the facility is neither foreseen in the candidacy book nor in the Organizing Committee's plan.
"For the Mediterranean Games, there is neither a demand nor a need for semi-Olympic swimming pools. Pristina needs 2-3 50-meter Olympic swimming pools with auxiliary pools in the Olympic Park in Bernica, a project that this Government is ignoring," Rama wrote.
The Mayor of Pristina has said that none of the mandatory sports – swimming, water polo or fin swimming – can be held in this facility because the pool does not meet the technical criteria.
Rama stressed that he is not against investments in Podujeva, but according to him, the facility being built is not related to the Mediterranean Games and public money is being spent on a “wrong and unconsulted” plan. He publicly invited Minister Çeku to sit down with the organizational team for a professional approach to the projects.
