Government spokesperson announces increase in water rates

[InTime News]

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis, successful an interrogation with the vigor station Parapolitika, announced increases successful EYDAP’s water rates.

He noted that EYDAP will denote the nonstop rates, however, according to the company’s briefing to the government, the planned increases are minimal.

“The state will proceed to person 1 of the cheapest water supplies successful Europe,” helium said. 

According to Marinakis, the main contented is the broader occupation of drought, stressing the request to implicit long-delayed infrastructure projects.

“We are astatine the eleventh hr regarding drought and water reserves, particularly successful Attica,” helium said, adding that projects to code the contented will determination guardant successful the coming years.

Moreover, helium described the Greek state’s 51% ownership successful EYDAP arsenic non-negotiable and took purpose astatine the opposition, stating that “the privatization of water is, erstwhile again, going down the drain.”