Berlin: The mayor of three German cities hit by floods turned off last month’s interesting for more assistance from the state and federal governments, by saying the disaster caused billions of euros (dollars) worth of damage.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the mayors said they had written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the State Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, shame Dreheer.
They said they were seeking further financial assistance and the appointment of a special commissioner to oversee reconstruction in the AHR valley, where at least 138 people were killed.
The Mayor of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler said the city estimates the damage to individuals, businesses, and public infrastructure at least 3 billion euros ($ 3.6 billion).
Guido Orthen said his community needed authority to issue several regulatory regulations and make “unconventional decisions” considering the scale of destruction.
Andreas Geron’s colleague, the nearest Mayor of Sinzig, said the disaster in the valley would “form a generation.” “We will never forget what happened to this region,” he told reporters.
Twelve residents of the accompanied living facility in Sinzig died in a flood and prosecutor researchers were investigating whether officials failed to give a timely warning to the population.
German finance minister, Olaf Scholz, pushed back the idea of ​​naming the commissioner specifically for reconstruction, told the WDR public announcer that this was risking the increased bureaucracy.
But he said the federal government would provide funds to help state authority.