site.btaGovernment Frees Up Drinking Water Stockpile at Request of Strazhitsa, Pleven

The Council of Ministers has granted a request to free up the bottled water stockpile, the Government Information Service said on Wednesday. The request came from the mayor of the Municipality of Strazhitsa, North Bulgaria, and the regional governor of Pleven, both of which have declared partial state of emergency over a shortage of potable water.

The free provision of drinking water will help meet the needs of the population in the village of Vinograd, Strazhitsa Municipality. It will also meet the needs of hospitals, kindergartens, schools, social institutions, and others in the city of Pleven, and the villages of Nikolaevo, Ralevo, Laskar, Bohot, Brestovets, Todorovo, and Kashin in the Municipality of Pleven, as well as in the towns of Dolna Mitropoliya, Trastenik, and the villages of Bivolare and Pobeda in the Municipality of Dolna Mitropoliya. This assistance is in response to the state of emergency declared by the regional governor of Pleven.