The mayor of Predvo estimated the damage in Kokla at at least 2.5 million euros

Mayor Hall Rob Black Deadline Emergency works are expected to cost more than 1 million euros and restoration works more than 2.5 million euros. He said they were now cleaning up the upper part of Podberak village, where many stones and other materials were washed into the river channel after heavy rains on Friday night.We are currently upstream from the end of the structure where the most material remains because the two buildings and the bridge form a dam there.,” he explained.

There are slightly fewer volunteers on Tuesday than in the past few days, currently around 50, but there will be around 80 in the afternoon. They are cleaning narrow areas, so there is no room for so many volunteers, and they also have a slightly lower number of volunteers on Wednesday than in the past few days. The number will increase again to 100. They are cleaning the area upstream of the catchment area.

“The village is now without water. Today we visited the designers responsible for the water supply and they helped us with suggestions on where to get water.“Because they are separated from existing water sources by a large amount of material, we wanted to find an alternative.”We believe it is acceptable to sit on the sidelines and not seek other solutions”, the mayor pointed out.

Debris and silt are also being cleared from the Kokla River to release its power and prevent dams from forming, which could cause new floods.”Therefore, we make cleaning Kokla and the villages our top priority.” concluded the mayor. He expressed the hope that the experts will be able to find appropriate solutions based on the information about the flood conditions, especially regarding material stocks and the risk of further spread.

“It is estimated that the cost of our intervention and that of the concessionaire will be well over €1 million, while the cost of damage and repair of local infrastructure will certainly exceed €2.5 million.” said the mayor. However, it is not possible to reveal for the time being how much the technical measures he believes are necessary to stabilize the terrain, such as the arrangement of rapids and obstacles, will cost.

Here, the mayor hopes that the state will do its part and also launch a regional protection and rescue program to eliminate the consequences of fishing.”We know that the area affected is not large enough to activate the national program, but the damage is far beyond the city government’s capabilities and was caused by the waterways, so we are hoping to get help in the form of activating a regional program that will hopefully be able to cover at least some of the costs.,” Roblake said.