Bad weather Daniel: Thessaly flattened – Greece cut in two – looking for responsibilities

The situation in Thessaly continues to be dramatic for the tenth day since the outbreak of bad weather Daniel. With the water level high in many places, the drains, roads and houses are silted up. With more than 100,000 dead animals recorded by breeders so far, the risk to public health is the biggest concern at the moment.

In 11 municipalities where water is unfit for human consumption, residents are being asked to pull out all the stops to meet their needs and pay for bottled water from their pockets.

The national road is closed and the railway network is damaged, resulting in a north-south connection via the Ionian road, without optimistic forecasts for a short rehabilitation of the road network.

The closure of the central road will make the Athens-Thessaloniki journey even more time-consuming, while Eftimis Lekas ​​said in an interview that there was a fault in the planning of the road network.

Business continues

Fire department operations continue in flooded areas, while food and medicine are still being distributed to stranded residents Today, the body of a man was found in South Pelion, leaving two people officially missing.

The total destruction of thousands of fellow human beings who lost their homes and jobs while struggling daily with the anxiety of maintaining their health added to the unbearable human toll.

At the Government Conference Ms. As reported by Agapitaki, the registered cases of gastroenteritis were 48 and respiratory infections were 65, showing an increase compared to yesterday’s registration.

Of the dead animals registered, only half have been disposed of so far.

In these unprecedented circumstances there has been no shortage of incidents of obscenity recorded since the onset of bad weather.

In these unprecedented conditions there is no shortage of cases of obscene profits recorded since the onset of bad weather. There have been complaints that bottled water is being sold at exorbitant prices, while government intervention has brought the price of sixers down to €2.50, which has been criticized by organizations and parties as higher than what they have been selling in supermarkets until now. .

The prices of vegetables and fruits on the streets of Thessaly are high, which may be due to scarcity of goods and speculative events, predicted and acted upon by the state apparatus.

Intervention of the Office of the Advocate of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Advocate’s Office has today intervened on the actions of those responsible for the bad weather, whether adequate precautions and flood prevention works have been carried out for the floods that claimed human lives and caused untold destruction. Suitable for the protection of citizens and their property.

The Prosecutor of the Supreme Court places the regional governor of Thessaly, the sub-regional governors in the provinces of the region, and the municipal authorities of Karditsa and Volos in the cadre of those responsible.

Disasters in Thessaly have irrevocably affected the people of the region, who were worried about whether they would be able to get back on their feet, not knowing if and when land would be available, with the country’s largest agricultural region having to rebuild everything from scratch. Can be recovered and reborn.

The terrible economic footprint of the disaster

The financial footprint of the disaster is yet to be clarified as water has not drained and the damage has not been fully recorded.

Sources in the Ministry of Rural Development speaking to “OT” stated that “the damage is triple compared to Janos”, adding that their goal as a ministry is to quickly create a register of victims so that the first compensation can be paid. October”.

Yet the picture is not so simple, as the entire economy of Thessaly depended on agriculture and animal husbandry, naturally feeding the entire Greek market, Athanasius Agrivo writes in OT.

The economy of Thessaly is based on the primary sector and many industries depend directly or indirectly on agricultural production. The Thessalian plain contributes 8 billion euros to the Greek GDP.

First view of farmland

According to the latest ELSTAT census, Thessaly has 3,470,692 acres of arable land, of which 74.2% are arable crops, 0.9% are vines, and 11.7% are tree crops (mainly apple, kiwi, brown). If one considers the inundation area recorded by the European satellite to be close to 800,000 acres, this means that 1/4 of the arable land of Thessaly was buried under water.

Loss of cotton and maize

According to official ELSTAT data, 2,576,366 acres are under agricultural crops. Cotton is the principal crop of the Thessalian plain, with approximately 1,600,000 acres devoted to it.

Karastergios Yiannis, an agronomist in the area, speaking to “OT”, reports that in Trikala and Karditsa, 90% of the cotton crops have been destroyed, and in Larissa, the destruction may be total. Apart from cotton crops, around 5 gins of machinery worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in the area.

“Nobody understands what a disaster we’re talking about,” Mr. Karastergios insists. And they quickly add: “One can understand what the chain of products and industries connected with cotton production means. It should not be forgotten that cotton is the number one export.

Ft for animal husbandry

However, the agricultural production of Thessaly was not the only one lost to water and mud. The Thessalian Plain’s contribution to Greece’s cattle breeding is also important, as livestock in Thessaly account for 19% of the country’s total.

The disaster will affect all consumers, with a wave of price hikes expected to follow even at a time when food prices were already rising.

In this context, the Prime Minister will go with a small basket to the TIF at the weekend and has already given the impression in an interview with Finance Minister Kostis Hadzitakis ANT1, planning for such benefits, the extension of the market pass has been overturned as the catastrophic flood changes the data.