Milan – “We will certainly ask for it state of emergency“. That’s what the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontanaspeaking of the theme Drought. “There has already been a request at the parliamentary level of the
Lombardy. I think it is a request that must be made jointly – added the governor – because it is a dramatic situation for Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia Romagna but also Veneto “.
“I believe – added Fontana – that we could ask gyea from now“the state of emergency” in the sense that with the releases it should be possible to partially compensate the needs but then it will be necessary to take note that if the weather conditions the situation risks being really serious. “According to the Lombard president, to understand the gravity of the situation “it is enough to see the Po”, where “in addition to the problem of the lack of fields, there is also the problem of the fact that the sea enters more and more into the river bed”.
I citizeni “will have to try to give us a hand to do not waste water, they will have to rediscover those habits that have already existed in the past in paying attention to waste “, concluded Fontana, underlining that for the moment” there are no service interruptions. If it gets worse we will evaluate, but not for now. ”