Flood victims from Megali Vrisi detained by the police because they blocked the passage of a municipal vehicle for recovery work from Cyclone Daniel, claiming that it was their private territory.
The detained spouses are owners of a small livestock farm in the rural area of Megali Vrisis, which was completely destroyed by the recent bad weather: after the flood animals drowned, equipment destroyedand the entire area is flooded with tons of mud.
On Sunday, September 10, 5 days after the devastating Hurricane Daniel hit the area, a farming couple was taken to the police station where they were held in custody. It all started when a construction vehicle from the municipality of Lamia headed to the livestock block this morning to reach another point in the same area for restoration work.
Traffic obstruction complaint and arrest were caught on camera
The owners, who they said had been desperately asking for help for several days, did not allow the car to pass, citing a document confirming that the lane through which the car should pass was a private territory that was part of their property.
Following the tension, the deputy mayor was alerted, and then the traffic police arrived at the scene to arrest the farmer on charges of obstructing traffic.
After about two hours, while the farmer was at the police station, the municipality’s vehicle, accompanied by patrol vehicles, returned to the site of the livestock farm to go to another part of the area for restoration work. The farmer’s wife stood in front of the car, citing that the passage was her property, and the police led her to a patrol car to take her to the police station with the permission of the prosecutor, reports lamianow.gr.
The authorities asked the woman for the document she was citing to prove that the road was on her property, but she asked for a document to prove that the road was public(!), and said that if they wanted to find her document, they would have to dig under the mountains of dirt that buried her belongings.
LamiaNow, as part of its reporting on flood victims, visited the livestock barn shortly before the woman was brought there to capture footage left after the storm. The family lost 18 animals due to the rain, as well as all the tools and equipment used in their work. All this was carried away by the rapid flow of water.
It is worth noting that they were also left homeless, as the container they used as a shelter was carried away by the downpour. From last Wednesday until today, the couple used a small tent and a beach umbrella as shelter.
“For several days now we have been asking for help, but they come and go to help another neighbor. There is no interest for us, no help. We have lost everything, shame…”, – the property owner said shortly before the charges were filed.
PS Instead of calming the people, the authorities are escalating the situation.
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