Extraordinary meeting of the Rēzekne District Council on the damage caused by floods

Tuesday, at 10.00 An extraordinary meeting of the municipality of Rezekne is convened in the small hall of the municipality of Rezekne. On the agenda of the meeting, the question of the decision to encourage the Cabinet of Ministers to announce the emergency situation in Rezekne municipality due to the severe situation in agriculture, which has developed after the long-standing rain.
Information on flooded and washed roads, infrastructure objects, flooded fields is currently being identified. As reported by the Communal ingenieris of the municipality of Rezekne, Albert Kindzulis, a conscious 81 flooded road, but the situation is still exacerbated, new damage is discovered.
On Monday, Latgale is visited by Prime Minister M.Kučinskis, who is also chairman OF the Rēzekne District Council Monvīds Švarcs.
After the evening of 24 August, when the rainfall in Latgale ended, whose precipitation according to the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre at the Rēzekne Observation Station at 32 hours reached 159 millimetres or 229% from the norm of August and in many parts of Latvia's eastern border, the total precipitation of precipitation is likely to have been even higher than in Rezekne, the Chairman of the Latgale Planning Region Development Council Gunars Upenieks has contacted Prime Minister Mars Kučinskis regarding the critical situation in the region.
During the telephone conversation, the Prime Minister was informed about the damage caused by natural disasters to local governments, entrepreneurs and residents of Latgale planning region. As a result of the heavy rain in Latgale, there was a leachate on the roads, a highway between Carver and Rezekne was closed, and several local roads were closed.
M.kuchinsk stated: “the local authorities in the big rain need to identify real damage so that it is perfectly clear what damage has been caused. This is necessary in order to be able to decide how to help the affected areas as effectively as possible.
Aware of the seriousness of the situation, on Monday, August 28, the Prime Minister's meeting with the leaders of the local government of Latgale will be held in Livani.
In view of the large amount of precipitation experienced for the first time in the history of observations, floods formed in several municipalities, the formation of which was also facilitated by the previous rays, which affected Eastern Latvia on 19-21 August.
Since floods have caused losses not only for local government infrastructure but also for farmers, the emergency meeting will also be visited by Minister OF Environmental Protection and Regional Development Kaspars Gerhards and Minister of Agriculture (ZM) Janis Duklavs. On Friday, THE MINISTER of ZM took a personal visit to the farm in Latgale to ascertain the damage caused by the damage to the farmers and to deal with the situation.
At present, Latgale municipalities are aware of the losses caused by natural disasters, which continue to be compiled BY LATVIA and Latgale planning region.