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The Spanish Government and the Generalitat Valenciana met this Monday to discuss the future of the Spanish region hit by storm DANA. Valencia requested a first aid package with 136 measures worth 31,402 million euros. The list of measures has not yet been made public, but some have already been made public. Support is expected in areas such as the reconstruction of housing and industrial zones, the purchase of cars and interventions in river channels.
After all, Carloz Mazón, president of the Generalitat Valenciana, asked the Government of Spain for 30,050,925,430 euros (an amount that slightly exceeds the annual budget of this region), the head of the Government announced in the afternoon.
Part of this investment is intended to create help lines for urgent expenses that municipalities have had to adopt in recent days, a measure that costs 200,000 euros per municipality. And also the immediate reconstruction of essential public infrastructure, an investment of 2,687 million euros.
For the reconstruction of industrial areas and parks, essential for the development of Valencia, the Spanish community is requesting a total of 7,000 million euros. And also 1,464 million euros to invest in the purchase of cars, since many were destroyed or submerged in the floods.
Mazón also asked the Spanish Government for extra support of 15,000 euros per household so that they can invest in the rehabilitation of homes. This support will complement aid of 6,000 euros that the Generalitat Valenciana itself had previously announced.
At a social level, Valencia asks the central government to assume the payment of aid to the population (specifically, dependency benefits and Valencian Inclusion Income). In addition, the Spanish community also wants the central government to make an extraordinary payment to those most affected by this storm. This measure requires an investment of 65 million euros.
Finally – and because this aspect failed when the DANA storm passed through Valencia – Mazón wants intervention in the river beds. The idea is that there is an investment of 2,200 million euros for works to avoid, prevent and anticipate future floodssummarized the ruler of the Valencian community.
According to the latest report from the Integrated Operational Coordination Center of Valencia, at 9:00 p.m. this Monday, the number of fatalities caused by bad weather was 215. In the Valencian province alone, 211 people died, but the searches have not yet been completed. finalized.
Source: Observadora
