O OASP president, Efthymios Lekkas talked about the alarming cracks in Heraklion.
“OR sediment due to in landslide phenomena. At the moment we cannot specify what kind of phenomena. That is, if it is a simple territorial burglary, if it is a rotational landslide or if it is differential sedimentation. We will explore all this today. By noon we will know exactly what phenomenon is, the dimensions of the problem and the causes. “noted in ERTNEWS.
Whether he has seen a similar phenomenon in the Greek territory:
“We have too many landslides in Greece. THE Greek space It is a dynamic space, an evolving space. So we have dozens of hundreds of decisive phenomena.
The point is what these phenomena develop. Develop in areas that do not have human activities. This is a natural process that we watch and let it evolve. When these phenomena evolve in urban areas and places of particular importance, then we begin to deal with them. The Greek space is a dynamic space, as I mentioned before, that was formed to some extent from all these phenomena, by earthquakes, landslides, erosion, coastline changes, etc. “
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Mayor of Heraklion: There is concern but not panic
Alexis Kalirinos, Mayor of Heraklion, stressed that this is “a phenomenon with local characteristics” with himself assuring that “There is concern, but not panic. “
“In any case, avoid generalization and exaggeration. He is already here a step of engineers to make a first assessment of possible risk in homes and will be followed by a workshop under the guidance of Mr. Lekka’s professor, who has the general order in businesses that will be here today, “he said.
Then Mr. Kalolerinos stated:
“Obviously what we are interested in is the security of life primarily and of the property and of the public space, but the assessment of a potential risk must be done quickly.
That is why from the first moment I asked the region to be declared an emergency, so that what is needed at the level of studies of the projects that accompany them, as well as possible compensation that will be deemed to be given, to be done very quickly, to deal with the phenomenon immediately. In fact, we are fighting with time (…) Special indicators have been placed on the cracks. “