Hearings after the Praid disaster: « to submit the resignation »

The chairman of the Environment Commission, USR Deputy Diana Buzoianu, said on Monday, after the Commission hearings on the situation in Salina Praid, that the director Salrom must present his resignation, considering that « the inaction and the total lack of assumption are unacceptable. »

USR reports in a statement that, according to the conclusions of the Commission hearings, « neither Salrom nor Romanian waters have fulfilled their duties, and inaction and incompetence caused the disaster in Praid ».

« Today, during the hearings, the representative of the Romanian Waters mentioned that the scenario of the collapse of the floor was taken into account. Also, according to the statements of the representative the Romanian Waters it is not estimated that earlier than a month will be drinking water in the communities that now have no drinking water. They are only part of the many consequences that today the community has to neglect. 2007, when they first heard that there is a real danger in the area, ”said Diana Buzoianu, according to the quoted source.

On Monday, Sorin Rîndaşu, Director of the Romanian Waters, and Directors Salrom Marius Gubernat and Nicolae Solduz, were attended by

« The directors of Salrom who participated, however, clearly replied that they did not install the monitoring stations proposed by experts in the 2007 study. They also acknowledged that in the last many years they have done only minimum works, in their own regime, although they knew the risk in the area. The bidders were rejected with the excuse that they did not fit in the budget, although the budget was not published from the beginning in the tender procedure, Salrom representatives replied that they have this legal possibility. In the future, ”said Buzoianu.

The questions of the parliamentarians in the Environment Commission concerned the current situation in Praid and the works that are currently being carried out, the risks still existing, including regarding the surprise of the saline, affected by the massive water infiltrations and for the inhabitants of the area, why the authorities with the duties did not take the recommended measures after the 2007 study that signaled a series of problems, which had to be a series of problems 2025 were not realized as it should and « why the liability is passed to a few beaver families ».

Also, the deputies wanted to find out how the companies that should perform works in the area were selected, companies that do not have the necessary experience in hydrotechnical works, how many localities are affected now and when the inhabitants of the area will have drinking water, as well as the Romanian waters to make the investments recommended to prevent floods.

According to the quoted source, the answers offered were often only partial or vague.

« We remind that Romania has available through the National Plan for Resilization and Resility the amount of 386 million euros precisely for projects to prevent floods and consolidation of the hydrotechnic infrastructure. The Romanian Waters represent the representative, however, the USR has been made. in the statement.