New first aid payments were made today Thursday to those affected by the floods that occurred in early September in Thessaly. They were paid 4,638,767 euros pwith 1,286 natural persons to deal with basic living needs and simple repair work and/or the replacement of household goods in areas affected by the floods of September.

As the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection points out, these are payments that resulted from cross-checks made by the officers of the General Secretariat for Natural Disaster Recovery and State Aid in the applications submitted to the first aid platform, arogi.gov.gr. At the same time, payments of 1,187,012 euros were made to 216 beneficiaries of first aid against housing assistance and payments of 2,272,000 euros were made to 937 businesses as first aid against the grant of businesses affected by the floods, which include livestock units and agricultural holdings .

Cumulatively, to date, 100 million euros have been paid to 26,925 applicants, which have been affected by the unprecedented flooding phenomenon that hit Thessaly, and areas of Central Greece.

Regarding the distribution of first aid in each regional unit, it should be noted that:

  • In the regional unit of Karditsa, 43.8 million euros have been allocated so far to 10,430 of our fellow citizens, either households, businesses, livestock breeders, or farmers.
  • In the regional unit of Larissa, 26 million euros have been allocated so far to 7,660 of our fellow citizens, either households, businesses, livestock breeders, or farmers.
  • In the regional unit of Trikala, 18.6 million euros have been allocated so far to 4,842 of our fellow citizens, either households, businesses, livestock breeders, or farmers.
  • In the regional unit of Magnesia, 9.1 million euros have been allocated so far to 3,037 of our fellow citizens, either households, businesses, livestock breeders, or farmers.
  • In the regional unit of Fthiotida, 2.4 million euros have been allocated so far to 945 of our fellow citizens, either households, businesses, livestock breeders, or farmers.

At the same time, the process of cross-checking the data that has been submitted through the first aid platform, arogi.gov.gr, continues and in the next few days the payments will continue normally.