The darkest news about saline praid

The head of the Emergency Department, Raed Arafat, announced on Wednesday that Salina Praid is completely flooded at this time, and a team from the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism will come to Romania to work with experts in our country.

‘At this moment, Salina Praid is completely flooded, the amount of water accumulated being about 4 million cubic meters. In order to manage the emergency situation, at the IGSU level, starting with May 6, forces from ISU Harghita, later also from ISU Brașov, Covasna, Mureș and Neamț, were mobilized with motop pumps and worked in an attempt to evacuate water from the saline, but this could not be achieved. The first interventions of ISU were on May 6, « said Raed Arafat, after the government meeting, at the Victoria Palace.

According to the head of DSU, on June 1, an extraordinary meeting of the National Emergency Committee, held in the online system, took place, in order to approve an international assistance request through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism.

‘The decision made by the Prime Minister was to request experts to come with our experts to strengthen the activity there and to be able to change opinions and to have more substantiated opinions and to be a consultation. Always when you have the second opinion, especially when they come well -trained experts and who have had similar experiences, we can have an added value. On June 2, through the civil protection mechanism, the request of a team of experts in the fields: rock mechanics, salt geotechnics, environmental impact, stability of geodetic salt, mechanical resistance, stability of foundation soil, stability of land, was submitted. (…) On June 3, there was a video conference attended by the eight experts in Spain, the Netherlands, the Germans and Hungary, within the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, and they will arrive in Romania today, ”said Arafat.