€ 17.7 miljoen in EU-hulp na intense oorstromings in #Latvia

Die hulp kom uit die EU Solidariteit Fonds (EUSF). The report by Inese Vaidere (EPP, LV) recommending the swift approval of the decision was approved by 402 votes to 25, with 7 abstentions.

In Augustus, September en Oktober 2017, is Letland geraak deur 'n langdurige tydperk van intense reënval wat veroorsaak het dat grond versadig is en daaropvolgende oorstromings regoor die land, veral in die Latgale-streek en omliggende gebiede. Die vloed vernietig gewasse en veroorsaak wydverspreide skade aan waterbane, die dreineringstelsel, verwante waterbehandelingsinstallasies asook pad- en spoorweginfrastruktuur.

Die hulp is bedoel om te help om noodsaaklike infrastruktuur te herstel, die koste van noodmaatreels te vergoed en die koste van sommige opruimingsbedrywighede te dek.

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The aid should be available on the ground shortly, before the end of the year.

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Die Solidarność Fonds (EUSF) was set up to respond to major natural disasters and express European solidarity to disaster-stricken regions within Europe. The Fund was created as a reaction to the severe floods in Central Europe in the summer of 2002. Since then, it has been used for 80 disasters covering a range of different catastrophic events including floods, forest fires, earthquakes, storms and drought. 24 different European countries have been supported so far for an amount of over €5 billion.

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