The assurance that after the rescue and release of the people who are isolated in the flooded communities is completed as quickly as possible, which is the absolute priority at the given time, the government will allocate whatever resources are required – national and community that will be claimed – for the compensation of those affected, the support of businesses and the rural world, the restoration of infrastructure and the implementation of the necessary projects in the Karditsa PE and throughout Thessaly, the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, sent to the local bodies at the meeting held in the morning at the Karditsa Town Hall , which was done without the presence of journalists.

“The priority is human lives. The Greek economy is strong, we will find the resources required and we will also claim European resources to make available” was the message that, according to information from karditsalive.net, the Prime Minister sent, in the presence of the 4 MPs and the Regional Governor, after first listening to the Mayors and institutional bodies who gave him the impression of the disasters suffered by their Municipalities and the issues that will must be emphasized.

Issues that were raised according to information are the immediate ones such as the rescues and the temporary housing and the accommodation of the flood victims or the restoration of the passability of the road network, but also those that must be done at a later stage such as the restoration of the infrastructure, but also the houses as well as the launching of projects that will now aim at anti-flood shielding and not just at the protection that proved in practice that it is not guaranteed in extreme weather events, such as those that affected Karditsa and the whole of Thessaly

As was also said by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. T. Livani, who accompanied the Prime Minister, a decision has already been signed for emergency financing of the Municipality of Palamas mwith €1.5 million and the remaining Municipalities for €1 million, while the Mayors were asked to immediately send documents to start the process of the first aid of €600 and then the recording of damages for the compensation. For all compensation and rehabilitation support procedures, the Janos model will be followed as mentioned.

The Prime Minister asked everyone for the maximum possible effort to deal with the effects of the bad weather which he said was Janos X3 and X4 in terms of its magnitude.

The Prime Minister, concluding the meeting, left for Trikala.