Romanian PM Denies Use Of Dam-Building Funds For Sports Hall Construction

Boc was asked by the press if the funds allotted to building dams after the 2008 floods actually went toward building sports halls. The Prime Minister vehemently denied the information, deemed it "nonsense" and added that the country's Environment Ministry is responsible for drawing up the investment policy for building dams.

The Prime Minister said the current floods are unprecedented during the past twenty years.

Boc took part Saturday in the Emergency Committee meeting, in eastern Galati County, and discussed the measures to be taken against potential upcoming floods in the area. The Prime Minister then visited the village of Sendreni, where task forces put up a third, experimental protection dam Friday night. Boc inspected the 900-meter long experimental dam, which provides a 1.7 meter protection range, and which was erected to defend some one hundred local homes from being flooded by the nearby Siret River.

Twenty-three people have died in the severe floods that hit Romania over the past two weeks and thousands have been evacuated from their homes.

Romania saw 36 towns and villages in 12 counties affected by heavy rainfall, 1,600 individual farms flooded and 54 people evacuated over the past 24 hours, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) said Saturday.

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