The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, assured that the Government would stand by the Valencians “until it is necessary” after the Tragedy of DANA, stating that there is still “much to do”.
“I want you to know at this point that the Spanish government is and will be there with all the necessary resources and for as long as it takes, even when the media tension subsides, I guarantee it.” This was expressed during the press conference following the Council of Ministers, which was brought forward to Monday because Sánchez plans to attend the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change this Tuesday ( COP29), which begins today. Baku (Azerbaijan).
Before announcing approved measuresthe President of the Government wanted to take advantage of his intervention to specify that the Executive will provide “all the necessary resources” because he believes in the “need to have a strong public system which supports households and SMEs”. in difficult times”, which he stressed that they did “with the volcano of La Palma or the Covid”.
On the other hand, he valued the “colossal display” in Valencia after the DANA, which increased from 15,000 men to 18,200 men, including the military, the national police, the civil guard and forestry technicians. “These measures resulted in 406 new rescues, 118 new arrests and the removal of 550 vehicles that were still blocking the roads,” he explained.
He thus underlined that the deployment of troops was strengthened with 3,800 land, air and water vehicles, including an amphibious ship; two minehunters, a research vessel from the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and more than 200 heavy and light equipment for extracting water and sludge.
Apart from the rescues and arrests, Troops emptied and inspected more than 600 garages and basements. Likewise, they distributed around 51,000 liters of bottled water to the affected population, as well as 22,500 kilos of food rations and food products.
On the other hand, over the last six days, the technicians have succeeded restore electricity “virtually all households affected” and 95% of landline and mobile telephone lines damaged. In addition, the supply of medicines has been restored for the entire population, including chronic patients with reduced mobility. In the meantime, ” “many roads and railways” were reopened thanks to the deployment of “800 workers and more than 400 machines”.
