Bad weather: The activities of the army were completed in Alexandria

20/10/14

At the request of the prefecture of Alessandria, the army's activities in support of the population in the province of Alessandria were concluded. In these days the over military 70 have been busy relentlessly to face emergencies and provide relief to the local population hit by the recent calamitous events that have caused huge damage to homes and roads.

The men and women of the army worked with self-sacrifice using the genius earth-moving machinery, moving over 1800 mc of debris, removing large quantities of bulky waste, emptying cellars and restoring both normal access to civil dwellings and internal roads to the inhabited center.

With an intervention of high technical profile on the Predazzo torrent, the military also cleaned the bed of the watercourse from the debris accumulated during the flood wave that partially blocked the light of a road bridge and helped to reinforce the embankments that had ceded, thus arousing the praise of the mayor of Cassano Spinola (AL) and the recognition of local citizens.

The prefect of Alexandria, Dr. Romilda Tafuri, accompanied by the president of the province of Alessandria, Dr. Maria Rita Rossa, visited the military involved in the various operations in recent days, proving extremely satisfied with the results achieved by the military of the army in synergistic collaboration with civil protection, firefighters and volunteers who have worked incessantly to relieve the local population.

Dr. Tafuri, in appreciating the efforts made by the military task force employed, represented by the 10 ° regiment of genius guards of Cremona and by the 2 ° Alpine regiment of Cuneo, coordinated by the Northern Interregional Defense Forces Command of Padua. Thanking all the forces present in the area, he reiterated the need for soldiers to support the populations affected by the floods.

Source: Army Majority Staff