The payments of the first round of first aid continue, following the completion of the submission of applications on January 12, 2024 and the relevant cross-checks made by the staff of the general secretariat of Natural Disaster Recovery and State Aid of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. On Wednesday, February 7 and Thursday, February 8, 2024, new first aid payments were made to those affected by the floods that occurred at the beginning of September in various regions of Thessaly, but also in Central Greece. In particular, during the current week, 6,261,403 euros have been credited to citizens’ bank accounts.

Specifically, within the current week, as the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection emphasizes, 1,013,126 euros were paid to 337 natural persons to deal with basic living needs and simple repair work and/or the replacement of household equipment in areas affected by the floods of September. These are payments that resulted from the 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 3,778,277.51 euros were made to 683 beneficiaries of first aid against housing assistance and payments of 1,470,000 euros were made to 549 businesses as first aid against the grant of businesses affected by the floods, which include livestock units and agricultural holdings.

cumulatively, so, until today, in the context of the first round of first aid, 153.93 million euros have been paid to 45,081 households, businesses, agricultural holdings and livestock units that were affected by the unprecedented flooding phenomenon that hit Thessaly, but also other areas.

The cross-checking process of the applications submitted, in the context of the first cycle, on the platform of first aid, arogi.gov.gr, continues and new payments will follow in the coming days.

It should be noted that the arogi.gov.gr platform has opened for the second cycle of first aid against subsidies to agricultural holdings and livestock units and will remain open until Monday, February 19, 2024.