Osiecznica. After the flood, villagers want to build flood embankments. There is a petition

In Lubuska The village of Osiecznica is still being cleaned up after the great September floodas a result of which approximately 300 residential and farm buildings were damaged. As the inhabitants of this town admit, flooding is nothing new for the inhabitants of this region, which is why in the past there were ideas to protect the area with flood embankments. Despite a petition from one of the residents, local authorities did not implement such an investment around 2010.

Under the influence of the destructive element, the topic of building embankments returned. The village head and municipal councilor, Paweł Szymczak, is collecting signatures for a petition to the government on this matter, which – as he emphasizes – the residents present at the village meeting supported it unanimously. According to his calculations, Osiecznica has been flooded six times over the last 124 years.

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Szymczak emphasized in an interview with TVN24 that, according to his estimates, the embankments should be at least one kilometer long.

– Residents are condemned to the water that will inevitably flow here. Even if we put a million bags of sand, it will not protect Osiecznica from the water that is seeping into our buildings. Residents can only watch how the water flows into their houses, said the village head.

Paweł Szymczak emphasized that the construction of embankments is a very expensive undertaking that exceeds the capabilities of the local government. – It's a matter of millions. However, if we initially estimated the losses incurred by the government, as well as by all formations and institutions that made every effort to secure the facilities, as well as the clean-up after the flood, plus compensation, then perhaps at least half of the money would be collected from these funds. for the embankment – said the TVN24 interlocutor.

Although no house in Osiecznica collapsed, every one that was flooded will have to be renovated.

Osiecznica is located in the Krosno Odrzańskie commune. It is a small town with about a thousand inhabitants. It is flooded by the Oder and the Biela River. Osiecznica is one of the places affected by the state of natural disaster. What makes this possible in practice?

– Thanks to this, residents can apply for financial assistance to rebuild their property. In turn, local governments can apply for reimbursement of costs for cleaning up what was destroyed by high water – explained village head Szymczak at the end of September.