Power outage Mayor Chiba “I should have asked the country for assistance” September 12th 11:36

Mayor Kumagaya of Chiba City, which suffered enormous damage due to the influence of typhoon 15 and continued power outages on about 35,000 on the 12th, told reporters, “From the beginning, we asked the country for more support from the prefecture. It should have been "and criticized the response of Chiba Prefecture and TEPCO.

In Chiba City, about 35,000 households were out of power on the 12th, and about 270 people were evacuated to the evacuation center on the evening of the 11th.

At the city's disaster response headquarters meeting held on the morning of the 12th, Mayor Kumagai said, “On the fourth day after a power outage, there has been considerable civil exhaustion. Communication has been cut off and even the voice of SOS cannot be raised. There are people, so I would like you to go to the local area for all the support. "

In addition, the meeting reported that it was ready to deliver food to affected people by mobile sales vehicles, and that public baths in the city's public facilities were open for free. It was confirmed that the system would be made known by documents.

After the meeting, Mayor Kumagai told reporters that “there was an unprecedented level of disaster, and we should have raised more prefectures from the beginning to seek more support from the country,” delaying the response of Chiba Prefecture. Pointed out.

He also criticized the TEPCO's lack of recovery prospects for power outages, saying, “I want you to have the consciousness of assuming the worst.”