Transport and Infrastructure Minister
Matteo Salvini said Tuesday he was working on a bill to put one
billion euros into a water plan for Italy amid repeated droughts
in many parts of the country.
"I am working on a National Water Plan, it is the first time
that there is a national plan that deals with water not in
pursuit of the emergency but in the medium and long term," said
the rightwing League leader, who is also deputy premier, in a
video link-up with Enna in Sicily at a conference on his pet
Messina Strait Bridge project.
"I count by the end of June to give the green light to
investments on a national level for almost 1 billion to make up
for too much time lost in past years," Salvini said.
'I know,' he added, 'that the situation in Enna and the province
is serious and I am happy to lend a hand."
Sicily is suffering a sever drought while there have been
repeated droughts around the River Po in northern Italy in
recent years, affecting the whole of the Po Valley and
Emilia-Romagna in particular.
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