«Millions of damages» after the flood and landslides of May 16 «Very heavy budget»: 300 thousand euros have been allocated in the meantime

ASOLO (TREVISO) The toll has not yet been quantified, «but it will be very heavy», as the Municipality of Asolo says, «without considering the damage to the affected people, companies, commercial activities and to the entire agricultural sector». After the flood and landslides of May 16, the Asolo council concluded an initial survey of the damage to public property, deciding on an initial allocation of 300 thousand euros. Register 22 landslidesdifferent ones flood areas. A thousand people were affected by the flood, around ten of whom went to the emergency room.

PLAN

Thanks to the synergy between the Public Works Office of the Municipality of Asolo, technicians from the Civil Protection of the Region, the Department of National Civil Protection and geologists from the Soil Protection sector of the Veneto Region, a first mapping: «The southern and northern part of the municipal territory was mainly affected by floods, while the hilly part of Asolo and Pagnano recorded 22 landslides and landslides, some of which were very important – the Municipality explains – Among these worth mentioning is landslide very close to a Venetian villa, and one that affects a municipal road serving several families, on which action must be taken as soon as possible to ensure its practicability. M. have also been reportedmultiple flood areas, some of which are completely new. A part of the territory was affected by the flooding of the stream Musonwhile other areas to the left of the municipal territory, from flooding of various streams and canals». From the first mapping, the damage to municipal roads, paths and cycle/pedestrian paths. New reports will certainly arrive in the coming weeks. «The amount of damage to public property has yet to be precisely quantified, but it will be very heavy, without considering the damage to private individuals, companies, commercial activities and the entire agricultural sector. Suffice it to say that for the first interventions to make the areas affected by landslides and public property safe, the estimate exceeds one million euros”.

PEOPLE

To this first balance sheet we must also add that of damage to people: several people went to the emergency room services of the Montebelluna and Castelfranco hospitals for sprains, minor traumas, small wounds, panic attacks, one person with a heart attack and two cases of monoxide poisoning. In recent days the Municipality is intervening urgently in some situations to clean up material transported by flooded streams and canals; the Piave Reclamation Consortium in cleaning the consortium canals; the Civil Engineers in the devastated banks of the Muson and Contarina stream is continuing with the collection of waste. The emergency budget therefore speaks of millions of damages and a thousand people affected by floods. Asolo has activated one emergency fundraising flood, through a donation to the Iban IT69W0306912117100000301545 made out to “Flood emergency donations in the municipality of Asolo” specifying the reason “Flood emergency donation 2024”.

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