Crete: 400 thousand euros to the Municipality of Malevizi and immediate payment of compensation to those affected by the bad weather

A package of measures that includes direct support to the Municipality of Malevizio with 400 thousand euros and immediate payment of compensation to those affected through state aid, announced from Heraklion the government echelon that has been in Crete since early morning by order of the prime minister, after the widespread problems and the great devastation caused by the deadly storm.

The Deputy Minister of the Interior, Stelios Petsas, who expressed his condolences for the death of the two victims, announced that the government will do everything it can to support those affected “in order to return to their daily lives”.

“We will immediately start repairing the damage. They have already started to be recorded by levels of the region and the Ministry of Infrastructure through DAEFK will assist the services of the Region in order to have the fastest recovery” said Mr. Petsas who explained that the Ministry of the Interior will immediately allocate 400,000 euros to the Municipality of Malevizi “in order to proceed with clean-ups and all necessary interventions in order for the city and affected communities to be functional» clarifying that the recording of the damages will proceed immediately, in order to achieve that advance payments are given to all businesses that have suffered disasters.

The Deputy Home Secretary stated that the state is “alongside citizens to deal with natural disasters” completing “that we are facing a climate change that is developing into a climate crisis” and how good planning and good cooperation of self-government citizens and the Government is required “to get the results they need».

For his part, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, Responsible for State Aid and Rehabilitation from Natural Disasters Christos Triandopoulos, in his statements stated that the compensations will be given “in a direct and fair manner».

“From the first moments, in cooperation with the Region and the Municipalities, the implementation of the support and rehabilitation plan has begun. They are the first autopsies and recordings being made at this timesaid Mr. Triandopoulos, who pointed out that the support for businesses will be provided through the framework of State Aid, which has also been provided in other affected areas, households will be supported through the scheme of the Ministry of the Interior for the support of household appliances, while he added that DAEFK will assist in recording the damage that has occurred to buildings, as will ELGA for the damage to farmers, in terms of their equipment.

“The mechanism has been mobilized from the first moment” stated Mr. Triandopoulos, who focused on the goal, which is none other than, as he said, “to reach the citizens as fairly and as immediately as possible, the compensations, the support of the state to the beneficiaries».

The Deputy Minister next to the Prime Minister, Responsible for State Aid and Rehabilitation from Natural Disasters referred both to the records from the municipality’s disaster registration committees, as well as the district’s disaster registration committees, clarifying that “there is no need to complete the project of the committees, to provide support” explaining that those who gather will be able to advance, in order for the process to progress.

“The natural disaster delimitation process should proceed as quickly and as a matter of priority” said Mr. Triandopoulos, who described it as the basis on which “all other support and restoration actions are built”.

The Deputy Minister of Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, referred to the need for continuous communication and cooperation between the municipal and regional services with the relevant ministries, expressing the priority which is none other than “quick claim recording to move claims quickly».

The Mayor of Maleviziou asked for the support of the state in a decisive way, clarifying that “the time has come to understand that Malevizi is in great need of anti-flood protection”, adding that in the last two years, there have been other major disasters in the area due to waves of bad weather.

The meeting held in the Municipality of Malevizio was attended by the Deputy Minister of the Interior Stelios Petsas, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, Responsible for State Aid and Rehabilitation from Natural Disasters Christos Triantopoulos and the Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis, with the participation of the Secretary General of Civil Protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou, the General Secretary of Rural Development and Food, Christianas Kalogirou, the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Efthimios Bakoyannis, and the General Secretary of Infrastructure, Maria – Ellis Gerardi. The meeting was attended by the Regional Governor of Crete, the president of the PED, the mayor and members of the municipal council, MPs, local bodies, as well as the President of the OASP and Professor of Natural Disaster Management Efthymios Lekkas who has been in the area since Saturday night.

Earlier, the government echelon visited the affected areas, such as Agia Pelagia, Lygaria and Paleokastro, where work is underway to retrieve – from the sea – the cars that were carried away by the rushing waters, while they are moving to S

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