Finance minister says environment clean up can be done for half previous price

Minister of Finance Andrej Babiš said Thursday that his ministry can now arrange for the clear up of long running environmental problems in the country for around half the costs of a tender run by the previous centre-right coalition government. Babiš said the clean-up should cost 25-30 billion crowns compared with the 57 billion offered to underrate the work under the previous government headed by former prime minister Petr Nečas. The clean-up should cover chemicals at the Neratovice site in Central Bohemia, the famous oil and chemical lagoon in Ostrava, and other environmental damage centred around Ústí nad Labem.