The torrential downpour of the evening of August 30 resulted in flooding on a number of streets in Chisinau and in underground passages. Vehicle traffic was paralyzed on some of the streets, IPN reports.
Employees of the Ministry of the Interior’s and the Chisinau City Hall’s subdivisions worked to deal with the consequences of the heavy rain. According to the Ministry of the Interior, tens of teams and employees of the Ministry’s subdivisions were involved in activities to tow away vehicles, to manage traffic, to extinguish fires and to provide assistance to citizens who got stuck on flooded streets.
On social media, mayor general of the municipality of Chisinau Ion Ceban said that employees of the responsible municipal enterprises and of district head’s offices worked in an alert regime to normalize the situation. Teams of workers and units of equipment intervened in the most affected areas.
The effects of the meteorological conditions generated dissatisfaction among the population and municipal councilors. The Liberal councilors asked to call a meeting of the Chisinau Municipal Council so as to agree concrete steps to prevent emergencies. “The municipality of Chisinau is more often paralyzed by floods, bomb threats, fires and other catastrophes that are witnessed regularity in our city. Not only last night’s rain (August 30) showed that the municipality can be easily turned into a small Venice after rain that lasts for several minutes. It happened so after the recent rain with floods that caused considerable damage to private individuals and legal entities working here,” said the Liberal group.
The head of the group of the Party of Action and Solidarity on the CMC Roman Cojuhari published photos of a section of Ion Creangă St in Buiucani district, which suffered damage due to the rain. This street was reopened to vehicle traffic following extensive repair works only a year ago.
In Chisinau, employees of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations pumped water out of basements of apartment and administrative buildings of the city.
