“We will continue to deal with natural disasters in the best possible way, prioritizing first of all the value of human life,” he said to and in the show “Good morning» with Faye Mavragani the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikiliaspointing out that last night in the heavy rains of Rhodes, the mechanism once again worked effectively.

As he said, he said after the mayor’s request – as planned – a message was issued from 112 to limit movement on the island. “The bad weather caused flooding and landslides, which were dealt with by the Fire Department and the crews of the Municipality and the Region. The Fire Department freed a couple from their car, we had no particular problems. I say again, however, that there will continue to be rapid weather phenomena, it is a consequence of the climate crisis. And we must continue to adapt to it with new technologies, investments in civil protection, and training of volunteers and citizens”, emphasized the Minister. He added that in the 10 years of the memoranda and the restrictive fiscal policies, there was no possibility for the Greek state to make changes and interventions, with the result that “in 2019, as a new Government, we will face a very large pressure on the problems that the infrastructures had throughout the country. These are prioritized in order of criticality and addressed. Regarding Kifissos, you remember that last year I conducted autopsies and checked the rest of the streams of Attica, prioritizing their cleaning as a first priority. I am glad that the new District Governor, Mr. Hardalias, has done this work. And the mayors, as far as they are concerned, must clean wells, siphons, and so on.”

Regarding the durability of the works in Atticaunderlined that “if and as long as the experts judge that the diameter of the works or their depth cannot withstand the volume of water, we will have to see first of all how we protect the world and I have explained what we will do if and if something arises such. If such is the rapidity of a phenomenon, then 112 will be called for a complete ban on traffic. Schools, public services and the private sector will be closed, and they will operate by remote learning/teleworking and the new interoperability corps we have built (Fire Brigade, Hellenic Police, Armed Forces) will be in the field with 5,000 personnel.

Finally, regarding with the lake discovered by speleologists in encased parts of KifissosMr. Kikilias said that he has contacted the president of OASP, Eth. Lekka, who does not believe that there is a question of static adequacy and the phenomenon is not rare in such enclosed structures, however this particular point should be checked by civil engineers. “What I did is the following: I spoke with Mr. Lekka, according to which, the national road is founded on shaft piles with a compaction depth of 15 meters, and corrosion does not affect it, as it concerns the cleaning concrete. I spoke with Mr. Deputy Minister, Mr Nico Tahiaoin everything to do with the Ministry of Infrastructure, and told me that they will have a meeting on Tuesday with the engineers. The Region has the responsibility of cleaning, this was also done for maintenance, so we have to see with that Nikos Hardalia what else will happen And I told you, our own priority as Civil Protection concerns first of all safety and human life. Even if other measures are required, don’t have any doubt that we will take them”, said the Minister characteristically.