China News Service, February 19, according to the Greek "China-Greece Times" report, recently, the cold front "Medea" severely hit Greece, and a large number of houses and enterprises suffered water and power outages.
On the 17th local time, the Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, summarized the disaster, saying that lessons must be learned from the disaster, and said that "it is time for some necessary reforms."
On February 16, local time, Athens, Greece ushered in a rare heavy snow, and the ancient acropolis was covered with snow.
The picture shows overlooking the snow-capped Athens.
According to reports, Bakoyannis said, “A large number of snowplows need to be dispatched during heavy snow, but Athens does not have enough infrastructure to deal with this extreme phenomenon, so we sought help from Viotia and Lamia. , They provided us with some machines", he added, "all the citizens of Athens are working hard on the streets."
Bakoyannis also said, “We created a multifunctional center for the homeless. The center can accommodate 400 people and has heating facilities throughout Athens. At the same time, we also have a scientific team consisting of social workers and nurses. The team, they patrol the city 24 hours a day."
When talking about the problems that citizens may face, he said that anyone facing difficulties can call the city government, and if there is a need, city government officials can also come to help.
Bakoyannis pointed out in particular, "At such a moment, everyone must be together to help each other."
On the other hand, when talking about the problems in many parts of Greece, Bakoyannis said, “There is no major problem with the power grid system in Athens. It can be said that we have dealt with the snowfall and the problems it brings to the city. Yes. Many people said that we should clarify our responsibilities. In fact, this matter has been discussed as early as 2010, but unfortunately, we have not taken actual action. Therefore, whenever we are in a critical moment, there will be problems. Responsible image. Now is the time to carry out some necessary reforms, and I think this is what everyone is happy about.
Bakoyannis emphasized, “We have excellent cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Protection, the Attica Region, the Greek Police, the Greek Fire Protection and all related agencies. Obviously, all of us, as a political system and an autonomous government, have We must learn lessons and sum up experience from this incident." (Zhu Tianhao)