PM promises municipalities state funds and material aid

Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the government would establish a working group which will consider how to allocate state funds to help municipalities repair the damage caused by the floods. The working group will be chaired by Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura, who said he was not ruling out the possibility of amending the state budget for this year, depending on the extent of the damage caused, which he estimates to be in the tens of billions of crowns.

The prime minister also confirmed that the State Material Reserves Administration would provide equipment needed for relief and clean-up efforts directly to municipalities and basic aid to individuals who had lost everything in the floods. This will involve drinking water tankers, especially for smaller municipalities that will have to deal with contamination of water sources, power generators, dryers, tents and blankets.