More than 100 million have been made available by MIT
and will be used to finance urgent interventions in five Italian regions.
This is what was announced by the deputy premier and minister
Matteo Salvini
that he presided over the control room on the water crisis.
The initiative of the Porta Pia dicastery - a note explains - is the first concrete response, after having verified in a very short time the available funds and the needs of the local authorities.
At the moment, only MIT funds have been made available for the water crisis.
The regions affected by the interventions are Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Lazio and the resources available amount to a total of 102.03 million, explains the MIT.
Specifically: in Lombardy the amount requested for the integration of loans is equal to 33.1 million for the construction of new works to regulate Lake Idro;
in Veneto 22 million in supplementary funding for works to adapt the anti-salt dam at the mouth of the Adige with river basinisation to contain fresh water upstream;
in Piedmont 27.8 million for the Regina Elena canal and Alto Novarese branch, with extraordinary maintenance interventions on the tunnels and various stretches of canal to improve water tightness,
water transport and water saving in the municipalities of Varallo Pombia, Pombia, Marano Ticino, Oleggio, Bellinzago Novarese and Cameri in the province of Novara;
in Emilia Romagna 5 million for the redevelopment and remote control of the derivation works from the Emilia Romagna Canal along the main branch and 8.1 million for stabilization and efficiency restoration works in the Attenuator section (progressive 0.098 km) - Reno (progressive 2.715 km) of the Emilia Romagna Canal;
finally, in Lazio, 6.03 million for the interconnection for the reuse of the Fregene purification plant - reclamation consortium feeder.
in Emilia Romagna 5 million for the redevelopment and remote control of the derivation works from the Emilia Romagna Canal along the main branch and 8.1 million for stabilization and efficiency restoration works in the Attenuator section (progressive 0.098 km) - Reno (progressive 2.715 km) of the Emilia Romagna Canal;
finally, in Lazio, 6.03 million for the interconnection for the reuse of the Fregene purification plant - reclamation consortium feeder.
in Emilia Romagna 5 million for the redevelopment and remote control of the derivation works from the Emilia Romagna Canal along the main branch and 8.1 million for stabilization and efficiency restoration works in the Attenuator section (progressive 0.098 km) - Reno (progressive 2.715 km) of the Emilia Romagna Canal;
finally, in Lazio, 6.03 million for the interconnection for the reuse of the Fregene purification plant - reclamation consortium feeder.
The first control room on drought and the water emergency "went very well"
, according to the new extraordinary commissioner
Nicola Dell'Acqua
.
"We are acquiring the data, the ministries are very organized and have all the data. So now we will try to put them in order and process them, I can't tell you anything else at this moment", says Dell'Acqua as he leaves Palazzo Chigi.
"The meetings will be scheduled, continuous and scheduled", he adds in replying to journalists and when asked what his priorities are, Dell'Acqua replies: "ministries have priorities in mind. The point from which to start, according to him, "is perfect coordination with the ministries".