Russia attempts to overcome the flash flood consequences in Krasnodar

According to a Russian correspondent, on the evening of July 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on emergency measures to remedy flash floods in the Krasnodar region on July 6-7.

Mr. Putin signed the decree after visiting the most severely damaged town of Krymsk and shortly after the same day of the State Council meeting. At the meeting, he criticized regional officials and authorities that did not meet the needs and expectations of the people, as well as the federal government's directive in relief and overcoming the consequences of flash floods.

Mr. Putin tasked the Russian Government and the Krasnodar Regional Government with a one-time subsidy for families whose deaths were 2 million rubles (nearly 62,000 USD), of which the Russian Government spent 1 million rubles and the Government Krasnodar rights "burden" the rest. He also instructed to extract money from the federal budget for a one-time subsidy for all people living in the flash flooded area at 100,000 rubles per person (more than $ 3,000) and asked the Krasnodar government to act similarly at 60,000 rubles / person (nearly 2,000 USD).

Flash floods in Krasnodar region have serious consequences

The head of the Russian state also instructed the federal government to draft a new housing repair or construction program for families or single people who lost their homes at a cost of 5,000 rubles per square meter (about 155 USD / m ² ). He assigned the Russian Ministry of Finance to urge insurance companies to quickly compensate those who lost their cars or property in accordance with the property insurance contracts signed between the parties.

The Ministry of Economic Development, Finance, Regional Development and the Government of Krasnodar have been assigned the responsibility of securing subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses at a rate of 110 million rubles (nearly 3.4 million USD). time for preferential credit loans is 200-360 million rubles / enterprise (more than 11 million USD).

The Russian government and the Regional Government of Krasnodar have responsibility from now until July 23 to complete the provision of temporary accommodation for residents, treatment and nursing for pregnant women, children and the elderly. and wounded soldiers, and disabled people in areas affected by flash floods. During this time, the authorities at all levels must also complete the vaccination, health checks and treatment for people in the flash flooded areas.

The Russian Federal Commission for Investigation tasked before July 23 must complete a report on assessing the performance of relevant officials and authorities in disaster warning and remediation in Krasnodar. . The Russian Ministry of Defense has an obligation to mobilize an additional 5,500 soldiers to take part in this disaster recovery.

Until July 18, the people of the Russian Federation and its neighbors Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan . donated nearly 4,000 tons of relief goods and more than 360 million rubles to help the Krasnodar people. The Vietnamese Embassy in the Russian Federation has also launched a round of contractions and the Vietnamese community in Russia is actively contributing money and consumer goods to support the Krasnodar people.

During the flash flood in Krasnodar, a total of 171 people were killed, hundreds were injured and more than 30,000 people in the area lost their valuable home-property.