Lipjan flooded, Albanian municipality staff on vacation

On Saturday evening, many areas of the Lipjan municipality have been hit by floods. Residents have complained that the rain has caused much infrastructure damage and agricultural land. According to Lipani municipality chairman Imri Ahmeti, the eastern area of the municipality is largely involved in floods. “Mainly the eastern area of Lipjan, [...]
According to Lipani municipality chairman Imri Ahmeti, the eastern area of the municipality is largely involved in floods.
“Mainly the eastern area of Lipjan, Slovia, Smallusa, Upper Gadim, Downstair, Chalapek, Banula, Glogovac. These are villages that had floods on Saturday night”, Ahmeti told KALLXO.com.
The mayor said there are currently three teams in the field, which are dealing with the assessment of damage caused in family economies.
The municipality has formed a team that is dealing with the assessment of damage to physical infrastructure for roads and bridges, while the Agriculture Directorate is dealing with the damage done in agriculture.
The evening the flooding occurred, none of the municipal officials went out to visit residents of Lipjan and surrounding villages, as municipality workers were at a weekend break in Albania, which was organised by the Lipjan municipality Union.
“has happened to be there, there is no after warning that it will rain and it will need to be this way. No one warned us”, Amhet said.
In the village of Slovene in the Lipjan municipality, floods have caused much infrastructure damage in the streets and courtyards of residents.
According to the village chairman, Murat Gerbeshi, the damages are large enough, but are expected to be assessed by the municipal commission.
He told KALLXO.com that they were visited yesterday by the mayor and other officials.
“Day has been chairman, vice president and a director. They have been watching the village of Slovia, Smallusa, Gadimen, and today they have done the commissions to assess material damage and are on the field watching”, Grerbesh told KALLXO.com.
Resurrected on Saturday evening has also caused harm to the resident Maliq Canman from the same village.
It's damaged the yard. It's completely buried. Not at home, but up to the stairs, we've got nine months left for past”, Canter said.
The floods have also caused damage in the village of Gadime in this municipality.
In this village, much damage to infrastructure has been caused by the flood, where the damaged asphalt as a result of the stock.
Lipjan Mayor Imri Ahmeti told KALLXO.com that it is expected that by tomorrow they will have a final report of the damage caused by the floods.
He said they will review the municipality's opportunities for compensation for damages and address it as a requirement in the domestic level compensation fund.











