Romania did not spend the EU money to prevent floods. Elsewhere in the news, physically impaired retired are being hunted by Romanian authorities. Last but not least, the Hungarian pastor who sparked the Romanian '89 Revolution publishes a new shame list.
Romania did not spend the EU money to prevent floods, Adevarul reads. Floods in the last years have affected almost three quarters of the country. Except the region of Banat (south-west), where local authorities have taken measures after the 2005 disaster, when waters broke a dam and destroyed several villages, the rest of the regions are subject to the same scenario every year.
Starting with 2007, Romania could have resorted to European funds worth of 270 million Euros to prevent floods through Axis 5 from the Sectoral Operational Programme Environment. Its sole beneficiary is the National Administration "Romanian Waters" (ANAR), which did not touch a penny. Houses built in regions at risk are common phenomenon in Romania. So far, ANAR would never authorise the building of a household in such a region, but the authorisation had a consultative nature. And maps with the regions risking floods are yet to be drawn, but no later than 2013.
The region around the Danube has been issued yellow code until March 6. Despite Romania’s fighting with floods every year, local authorities did little to insure this will never happen again. In 2005, Banat, Oltenia, Muntenia and Moldova were affected. In 2006, it was the Danube's Meadow turn. In 2008, North Moldova and North Transilvania had to put up with the same damages. Authorities in Maramures spent some money to try and secure the region against similar calamities, but the dam promised on Prut bank has never been built.
Physically impaired retired are being hunted by authorities, Evenimentul Zilei reads. Romanian citizens from towns
