Italy's government said on Thursday it would appoint a special commissioner to address the effect of a drought crisis, along with a task force made up of leading officials from various ministries.
A view shows Gesso' dry riverbed, as Italy's large reservoirs of freshwater have dried up due to the worst drought in the last 70 years, in Cuneo, Italy March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco
ROME, April 6 - Italy's government said on Thursday it would appoint a special commissioner to address the effect of aDry winter weather has stoked concerns that the country could face a second drought after a state ofwas declared last summer for the highly productive northern agricultural areas surrounding the Po river.
Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said in a statement that the Cabinet had approved a decree stipulating that the drought commissioner would take charge of all measures needed to tackle the drought problem. The commissioner, whose mandate will expire at the end of December but can be extended for an extra year, will coordinate efforts to reduce water consumption across the country and maintain and improve water infrastructures, Salvini said.The commissioner will have sweeping powers constrained only by criminal law, according to a draft of the decree seen by Reuters.
Salvini also said normal bureaucratic procedures would be simplified for work deemed urgent to cope with the drought crisis.published in March, national statistics bureau ISTAT said that in 2020, the most recent data available, Italy's aqueducts had lost 42.2% of the water they carried, the highest proportion on record.
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