In an emergency situation was announced by the General Secretary of Civil Protection, Vasilios Papageorgiou, Municipal Community of Zakynthos to deal with emergencies and manage the consequences that arose due to the dangerous pollution of the water supply network (water with oil running from the taps), following a request submitted by the Mayor of Zakynthos George Stasinopoulos who spoke in the morning about the issue to SKAI.

Said declaration shall be valid for one month, namely until February 12, 2024, in which case, without a new document, the above State of Civil Protection Emergency of the Municipal Community of Zakynthos will be lifted.

From the first moment that the problem of pollution of the water supply network of the Municipal Community of Zakynthos arose we initiated every required process to manage the problem and protect citizens. I thank the General Secretary of Civil Protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou, for the immediacy and responsibility with which he dealt with the request submitted by the municipal authority. With this decision, he gives us the opportunity to utilize every possible means in the direction of not simply and only the restoration of the specific problem, but also of all the pathogenesis that in all the previous years no one entered into a process to deal with. Something that also happened with the supporting means (project machinery, etc.) which had been abandoned to their fate. We continue every effort in every way and means with the sole purpose of the safety of citizens and the smoothness of their daily lives. I want to address a big” said the Mayor of Zakynthos.

The Mayor of Zakynthos and the President of DEVAZ Dionysios Turkakis are in Athens where they have continuous meetings with the relevant Ministries in order to see what further steps can be taken.