The Chisinau City Hall will constitute a cell crisis for managing the winter situation given the forecast snowfalls and glazed frost, IPN reports.

In the ordinary meeting of officials of municipal services, deputy mayor Ilie Ceban said snow removal and antiskid material spreading works will be executed on the main streets, on sidewalks and where need be. The actions will be coordinated so that all the services intervene in a synchronized way where necessary.

According to the State Hydrometeorological Service, the temperatures the next few days will decline to -9 … -12 degrees Celsius. In this connection, the General Inspectorate for Emergencies calls on the people to be responsible and to strictly obey the basic safety rules.

Two years ago on this day, over 200 students could not get to school and a number of localities experienced power outages after snow fell heavily, forming a layer of 19 centimeters in parts. The number of police officers on duty was trebled so as to help traffic participants and those who needed assistance.