In many areas in the capital, the population was smaller at the time when the sewage system was built.

In recent years, new constructions have sprung up every day like "mushrooms after the rain", making this sewage system that was built for 200 or 300 inhabitants, now serve a number of inhabitants several times higher.

One of the municipalities where the population has increased in recent years is that of Çairi.

The spokesman of this municipality, Fari Hiseni, said that in some areas of this municipality, the sewerage system has been reconstructed.

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"The first sewage system at the level of the Municipality was made years ago, certainly decades earlier.

However, according to the law on Spatial Planning, every detailed urban plan that is approved every year, that is, by the Municipal Council, is in accordance with the standards of the sewerage network.

Since the time when the first sewerage was made at the level of the Municipality of Çairi, it has been updated.

There are neighborhoods that have a brand new set of sewers. We have the latest case with the neighborhood of Dijon and the neighborhood of Serova", said Fari Hiseni, spokesperson of the Municipality of Çairi.

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Another problem that comes to the fore whenever there is heavy rainfall is the condition of the storm water system.

Clogging this system with waste causes it to no longer function at maximum capacity exactly when it should.

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The last storm that engulfed Skopje made the main streets, as well as those in the neighborhoods, resemble rivers or swamps.

Fecal water mixed with atmospheric water, flooding the basements and causing a bad smell in residential areas./Alsat/