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The SYRIZA president spoke of “crumbs” to the victims, asking the prime minister to go to Karditsa and listen to the citizens.
The magnitude of the problem faced by residents of the areas affected by the cyclone “Janus“The president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance stood, Alexis Tsipras.
During his visit to Karditsa today, he spoke about “image of total destruction». As she pointed out, “I spoke with. desperate people, professionals, citizens who have lost their business, their assets, others their electrical appliances. I think it is an image that is worth seeing because it is not easy to describe it ”.
Focusing on the measures announced by the government to help those affected by bad weather, Mr. Tsipras commented that they are “aspirin“and”crumbs»Given the disaster that occurred. As he characteristically said, “everything that the government and Mr. Petsas announced today from closed offices may be justified because people have no image, but they are aspirin to face a total catastrophe.” He even pointed out that “there was no store that I did not visit, did not meet, did not talk to me about damages over 100,000 euros. With the 600 euros, both the five thousand and the eight thousand, the problem is not solved ”.
The president of the official opposition made special reference to farmers from the area: “Those who had cotton and hoped to collect it in the next period have suffered total destruction. So I think the main request from all the people of the Thessaly region – because the disaster affects the Thessaly region as a whole – is that there should be no horizontal compensation, and indeed, as advertised, let me say in passing , five of the nine meters were the government is required by law to implement them. The rest, I said before, you cannot touch the problems ”.
In the previous context, he asked that there be no horizontal measures but managed, based on needs and disasters. He also asked the Prime Minister, Kyriako Mitsotaki, to go to the area and “listen the complaints the citizens… Unlike with what the mayors, the governor and his ministers did that they came by helicopter to supposedly announce relief measures “.
It should be noted that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will also visit the region tomorrow Tuesday. As the government spokesman said, Stelios PetsasIn their meetings with local agencies, the damage will be evaluated and the measures and the rehabilitation plan will be analyzed.
The magnitude of the disaster
Tragic images and enormous problems left behind the passage of “Janos” in Karditsa, which cost him his life in three people while another woman is ignored. About 5,000 houses flooded, damaged stores, damage to crops and lost won, but also big problems in highway network Test the resistance of the inhabitants.
Meanwhile, they are still residents excluded of the Hague of the Municipality of Mouzaki. As mentioned in the APE-MPE, the governor of Thessaly Costas Agorastos, his release will be done with two helicopters and he will be transferred to the headquarters of the Municipality, Mouzaki. The helicopters will supply food and water to those residents who do not want to move.
In the municipality of Palamas, an attempt was made last night at the initiative of the mayor George Sakellariou, to evacuate for precautionary reasons the residents of the community of Metamorfosis since the level of the Italian river had risen dangerously. Machinery of the municipality and the Regional Unit of Karditsa are on alert, the mayor of Mouzaki told APE-MPE Fanis stathis.
Support measures
In today’s briefing of the political authors, the government spokesperson referred to measures to support those affected by bad weather:
“one. Payment of all pending, confirmed and expired tax obligations of both companies and individuals is suspended for six months.
2. A grant of 600 euros is granted to each household whose main residence has been affected. Extra 600 euros for large families. 600 additional euros for each member of the family who is a person with special needs. Aid of up to 6,000 euros per household is also foreseen for the repair or replacement of household goods in the affected main house. Special aid of 4,500 euros is provided to people who have suffered some kind of disability due to injuries in the natural disaster.
3. There is 1 million euros available immediately in each affected municipality, for the restoration of the road network. In addition, the Ministry of the Interior will provide, through the Public Investment Program, the necessary financial assistance to the affected municipalities for the restoration of the infrastructure that has been destroyed.
4. The registration of the damages proceeds directly, through ELGA, in order to grant the compensation provided to the affected farms.
5. One-off extraordinary aid is granted, in the form of an allocation, of 5,000 euros for individuals affected by housing and 8,000 euros for individuals and legal entities per affected business.
6. A commercial subsidy of 30% to 70% of damages is granted for building installations, mechanical equipment, raw materials, goods and damaged trucks.
7. Housing assistance is provided to natural and legal persons for the rehabilitation of buildings and building facilities, which covers all estimated damages, with free state aid of 60% and interest-free loans of 40%.
8. After consultation with the Hellenic Banking Association, the suspension or liquidation of credit obligations to the citizens of the affected Municipalities begins.
9. The companies of the affected municipalities are included in the 4th cycle of the Refundable Advance, without requiring as a condition the reduction of the turnover percentage and the use of the cash register ”.
