Minister Shishkov: The State will help the flooded villages with funds and intellectual capacity

Today, the Mayor of Karlovo Emil Kabaivanov and the Regional Governor of Plovdiv Angel Stoev will be at the Council of Ministers meeting to establish how funds will be paid to the villages affected by the floods and how they will be reimbursed. The state, as it has been helping, will help with funds and capacity, such as intellectual potential. This is what Ivan Shishkov, caretaker Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, said in "The Day Begins".

He said all institutions that can help in flood clean-up are now helping. The state-owned company "Motorways" and employees of the toll system also joined in.

Shishkov said, however, that at the moment no one can do the math on what the damage is. There is a lot of expert work to be done both in terms of restoration and construction, design and full analysis of the situation. In fact, the villages literally need brand new infrastructure in the main, he said.

"What I saw on Friday, I never imagined I could see. The river had come out of its bed in huge quantities. In person, I can assure that the view was even more consuming. The important thing is that there were no casualties," he said.

Now, as quickly as possible, the soil and timber in people's streets and yards must be cleared. Next is a very important moment to rebuild the infrastructure of these villages - 4 or 5 bridges have fallen, the streets are in a very bad condition. No water. One of the reasons for this is that there is no power and when the power is restored, the pumps will start. But there will certainly be damage to the water network and they will have to be extremely careful to release the water supply because there will be leaks and care must be taken not to flood the villages again, the minister said.

Damage assessment and restoration projects need to be done. According to the Minister, when there is a disaster, reconstruction projects can be directly awarded. To build without construction documents within the disaster and then in the process of construction to create and the papers. The law allows it precisely because of such cases

It is very important to do a gap analysis, but we can do it quite impartially because the caretaker cabinet is one month old. The most important thing is not to blame the institutions on each other, but to help the people, he said.

"There is a need to analyze where the gaps are, there are certainly gaps, but I believe the root cause is the natural disaster," the minister said.

About the interconnector with Greece, Minister Shishkov said that during the inspection on Friday there was a huge difference from the previous inspection. There is full mobilization for the construction, I was extremely pleased, he said.

There are two things left to do by the end of the week - asphalt the road and finish the fire protection.

There is progress on Act 16, Shishkov added.

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