The flood is charged eight million euros in damage
With the passing of the hours after the storm, the invoice of the damage caused by the floods in several villages of the province of Saragossa It does nothing but grow. He Aragon Government, after a new evaluation of the Aragonese Institute of Water, the estimate of eight million euros has raised on Tuesday, between six and seven corresponding to the Ministry of Development and the other two of the IAA, although the amounts aim to rise even more when the damage of companies and individuals are counted “up”.
Aragon requests the UMU for the areas affected by the flood and “folds” of their own
This has been valued at a press conference by the Minister of Finance and Interior, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro, who has advanced emergency actions by value close to one million euros. By locations, the breakage of water collection affects Binaceite, Almochuel and Azaila. In the first, a new pipe will be lifted above the course of the river, which has already been awarded to Binaceite and Aquatech buildings (375,000 euros VAT included). The works will start on Wednesday and last between six and eight days.
In Almonacid de la Cuba and Belchite, Torraza and Aquatech companies will invest 50,000 and 300,000 euros, respectively, to solve throughout the next week the problems with the collection. In La Zaida, Torraza will take care of the construction of a “small bridge” to lift the pipes that passed next to the channel (80,000 more VAT). In Letux, the aforementioned company will invest another 75,000 euros to repair the supply.
Azuara, one of the most affected points, has suffered “important damage to the uptake” and it is necessary to replace electricity and impulse pumps. The company Diego Hermanos will assume these tasks, with the assistance of Aquatech, worth 85,000 euros. The goal is to start pumping again from Wednesday.
Works in the affected areas. Photo: Liberto Iglesias
As the counselor said, the General Directorate of Urbanism is reviewing the Azuarino Health Center and the space for the future residence of the elderly, both in flood zone. Letux is the town with the greatest affection in the town center, he added.
Aid
To the works is added the approval of Decree-Law on Friday, which will enter into force after publication in the BOA, and the future request to declare the catastrophic zone, which will allow 50% to pay for 50% actions with the State. Likewise, the DGA will mobilize administrative personnel in order to help those who request these funds, both in person and online.
Heavy rains force almost 20 people in Azuara and Letux
Bermúdez de Castro has stopped the media question in the deployment of the UME, which was not requested until the last minute of Monday and always based on “technical criteria,” he said. “It is one more tool that we have at our disposal. It was not a red alert, it was orange, and at 2:36 p.m. on Friday we activated the system in alert, we anticipate quite a lot to what could happen. We understood that in the early hours with their own media we could help recover normality,” he said.
The person in charge of the branch has said “perfectly” the frustration of the affected inhabitants, but has clarified that the beginning of the forest fire season limited the power to mobilize all the gangs of the infoar. “The municipalities were notified in the alert phase and you can always do better. Emergency services work well,” he concluded.
