28 minutes agoMajor damage after floods, government does not mention whether to compensate
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Kosovo government has announced that it is carefully conveying the situation on the ground after the rainfall, and that for this it has raised the level of co-ordination and reaction capacity readiness, in order to respond to the situation created by the results. The government has also said that the Minister of Internal Affairs, [...]
Also said by the government, Interior Affairs Minister Jedal Svecla, Minister of Local Power Management Elbert Krasniqi, and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Imri Demelezi, along with mayors and responsible institutions are visiting affected municipalities, to see the situation and to co-ordinate actions for providing needed support.
The government of the Republic of Kosovo is carefully forwarding the situation on the ground after heavy rainfall. For this we have raised the level of co-ordination and reaction capacity readiness, with the aim of reacting to the situation created by”, the government says.
Chairman of Rahovez, Smajl Latifi in a statement about Periscope has shown how far they have managed to intervene and what damage has been caused.. Fortunately, there was no danger in people's lives that need evacuations.
He has further indicated that the damage will be assessed and addressed to the Government of Kosovo for compensation.
Today we have called Emergency Staff. Minister of Local Power Elbert Krasniqi is here to see what we can do, what we can say. It will form several damage commissions, go to Government for compensation. And for other emergency actions to cope with the cost of great losses. He added.
Government's full announcement:
The government of the Republic of Kosovo is carefully forwarding the situation on the ground after heavy rainfall. For this we have raised the level of co-ordination and reaction capacity, with the aim of responding to the situation created by the results.
Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Jelal Svechla, Minister of the Management of Local Power, Mr. Elbert Krasniqi, and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Mr. Imri Demelez, along with mayors and responsible institutions officials, are visiting affected municipalities to see the situation and coordinate actions to provide needed support.
The central level is in a position to respond to citizens' demands.
The Agency for Emergency Management (AME) has announced all operations and followed the alert level announcement, and together they are monitoring the situation. The AME is continuing to follow the situation and is ready for response with the Professional Units of Fire and Rescue in the Communists.
The floods have affected several villages of Gjakova and Rahovec and neighbourhoods in the town of Gjakova. The most heavily loaded situation was the state in “Mixe Galica”, “Yllka Domi”, “Degut Vokshi”, “Permet Voula” and several other neighbourhoods in the town of Gjakova.
The Ministry of Interior Affairs/An emergency management agency has provided contributions to firefighters who are engaged in evacuation in the “neighbourhood. Shot Galica” and other neighborhoods.
The level of readiness has been established, and a water pump unit has been launched from Pristina with large capacity for water withdrawal.
An AME rescue search unit is on alert, if it should go for support, but currently there is no need for such action.
Kosovo police are staying close to citizens in these municipalities all the time.
Citizens can report it to the Emergency Operations Centre, via the unique (intangible) emergency number: 112, you can call and receive it without prefixes, from any country in the Republic of Kosovo.
They may also call on these numbers:
The nearest Professional Unit of Fire and Salvation, in the 193 phone number,
Kosovo Police, phone number 192
First aid, phone number 194.
