The mayor of a commune in Buzeu County is asking for financial support worth 1.5 million lei to repair a cemetery wall that is at risk of collapsing due to one of the communal roads.

According to the leadership of the local administration, the retaining wall of the plot of land on which the cemetery is built has cracked, and the intervention for its restoration amounts to 1.5 million lei.

“We need 1.5 million lei to overhaul the wall of the old church in the village of Lopetari to ensure that the village cemetery does not cross the public road. The amount, which is not given out of hand, but on the basis of technical expertise and DALI research is undertaken by the Lopetari City Hall. An amount that the city hall cannot afford, but which is available to the Romanian state, if it really cares about the people of Lopetari,” said the mayor of the commune, Claudiu Constantin.

On September 6, the town hall of the municipality of Lopetari submitted a request to the government to allocate an amount of money from the Intervention Fund to carry out the first emergency works in order to carry out the necessary repairs and strengthening of the slope that cracked after meteorological phenomena. recorded in the city area during July 13-14, 2023. On October 11, the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration directed that in order to allocate the amount of money, it is necessary to draw up documentation, approve it. Prefecture and Buzau County Council.

“I again asked for the support of the Prefecture and the President of the Buzau County Council to solve this problem, and I am glad that the prefect Daniel Zikleya arrived on the scene to see for himself the seriousness of the situation and the urgency with which the necessary funds to carry out the work must be found . Shovelers, we all realize that visits and conclusions are not enough, we need concrete and quick action from the Prefect and District Council President, Petre Emmanuel Nyagu, to remove the public danger that stands on this fragile cemetery wall. We can no longer afford rescue work, we know what we have to do here, and the key lies in the heads of the districts,” the local mayor emphasized.

Mayor Claudio Constantin draws attention to the fact that the city hall does not have the necessary funds to carry out repair works, considering that the local administration has a debt to the Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) in the amount of 1.4 million lei (Agrepres)