24 municipalities ordered to clean out Kifissos river due to flood risk
Twenty-four municipalities in Attica through which the Kifissos river and two of its tributaries, the Podoniftis and Eschatia, flow have been ordered to proceed immediately in cleaning out the waterways in view of the risk of flooding.
The General Secretariat of Civil Protection has declared the municipalities to be in a “state of special mobilization.”
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister said the decision to instruct the municipalities to take action was based on “the results of the on-site inspections we did on the Kifissos regarding the flood risk.”
“The Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has no responsibility for planning and implementing anti-flood projects but it has a sacred obligation to protect citizens,” he added.