Proceed immediately with the necessary procedures earthquake control, with priority schools and to hospitalswas agreed at a meeting held this morning at the Ministry of Climate Crises and Civil Protection regarding the anti-seismic situation in the country.

The workshop was hosted by Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Stylianidis on behalf of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after meetings last Friday at Megaros Maximos.

In the context of the meeting, as stated by the Ministry of Climate Crises and Civil Protection in its message, a detailed briefing was held on the current situation, and it was decided to proceed with the necessary procedures for immediate control before the earthquake, as a matter of priority. in schools and hospitals. Also, as noted in the ministry, the decisions will be detailed and announced in the coming days.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas, Deputy Minister for Climate Crises and Civil Protection Evangelos Tournas, Deputy Minister of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment Nikolaos Tagaras and Secretary General of Civil Protection Vassilios Papageorgiou.

Also in attendance were President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece Dimitris Papastergiou, President of the Organization for Seismic Planning and Protection Prof. Efthymios Lekkas, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Technology Georgios Stasinos, and Director of Emergency Management. Planning of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection Dimitris Alexandris.

Under the microscope 30,000 public buildings

Such as “K” wrote in the Saturday paperover the next period, a resumption of pre-earthquake inspections of public buildings will be organized, with a focus on some 30,000 buildings considered critical, such as schools and hospitals.

OASP will take over the organization of the scheme with the support of TEE. Also, given that the OASP is responsible for earthquake prevention policy but cannot force government agencies to carry out inspections, a legal formula is being sought to make inspections mandatory.