Minister Cseke Attila said that Romania is in an area with a high seismic risk, stressing that a strong earthquake will take place in the near future, but it is not known exactly when. At the same time, he assured that the state invests in strengthening buildings to protect citizens.
Cseke Attila. Photo: Facebook
In an interview with Europa FM, Cseke said: “The question at the seismic risk – and I do not want to create panic, no other types of reactions – it is not if it will come. A strong earthquake will come to Romania. The question is when it comes. ”
The minister made these statements in the context of publishing a map that highlights the seismic risk areas in Romania, mentioning that the purpose of this map is to support both citizens and local authorities. “It comes to help any citizen and any local authority”he emphasized.
Cseke Attila also spoke about the situation of the infrastructure in Romania, referring to the fact that the country is not in an ideal position in terms of the resistance of buildings to earthquakes. “From the point of view of the built fund, we are not very good. Of course, we do not have a final evaluation, because in 2022 we created a new legislative framework, a new law on the seismic risk, which has changed the philosophy of approach of the state. I give you a simple example, and it wasn’t easy. It is a total change of state approach to this issue”, Explained the minister.
In this context, Cseke emphasized the importance of investments in the safety of citizens. “We invest in people’s lives, first of all. The building and the walls of the building are only the means by which I want to protect the citizen. As a result, we have funding from the state budget, 100% non -reimbursable, including in seismic risk consolidations of houses with exclusively private property. That is, we do not ask the money back from the citizen owner from Bucharest, on Magheru Boulevard, which is in a block that is classified seismic I or II. The state invests in its safety through the building which is its property”, Minister Cseke Attila concluded.
