The floods of the 2022 from Praid were caused by beavers, says a Salrom director/ chairman of the Chamber Commission requires the resignation of the company chief

Salrom's investment director, Nicolae Solduz, said that the floods of 2022 from Salina Praid appeared due to the fact that the riverbed was not discharged and “certain trees were shot down by the beavers and made a blocking on the water”. After hearing some officials from Salrom and the Romanian waters, the chairman of the Environmental Commission of the Chamber of Deputies Diana Buzoianu (USR) requested the resignation of the heads of the two institutions, informs News.ro.

The Salrom investment director was asked, on Monday, at the meeting of the Environmental Parliamentary Commission, which were called to explain the Salrom chiefs and the Romanian Waters regarding the situation in Salina Praid, why the 2012 works were blocked.

Digs, bypassed by water spilled

“The works in 2012 were not completely blocked, so to speak. They were unlocked after long insistence. That custodian, from that time, when the problem was put to approve the construction of those dams put some conditions for making those dams, precisely for the protection of the beavers, respectively some holes through which the beaver can pass, or three, or three, I do not remember exactly.

Asked if the 2012 works were completed, Nicolae Hârtuz answered affirmatively, specifying that there is also a minutes of receiving the works. He also explained the reason why the floods appeared three years ago.

“The floods of 2022 appeared not as a result of the large or smaller flow, but due to the fact that the riverbed was not discussed and certain trees were shot down by the beavers and made a blocking on the water, fact recorded in the respective minute. The respective water, once blocked, took it in the opposite direction, so that the water was not over, He took it behind the dams and made input areas behind the dams, dissolving the salt, ”said Salrom representative.

Also, the Integrated Management Director from Salrom, Marius Gubernat, said that the institution he represents was the only one to invest in the Salina Praid area.

“From what I saw from the papers, looking a little behind we were the only ones who put serious money, but unfortunately we treated the effects and less the causes. Gubernat.

Buzoianu: “Measures that had to be taken since 2007”

Diana Buzoianu, the chairman of the Environment Commission, requested the resignation of the general director of Salrom, Constantin Dan Dobrea, who did not participate in the Monday's hearings on the situation in Salina Praid, although she had initially confirmed the participation.

“Today, during the hearings, the representative of the Romanian Waters mentioned that the scenario of the collapse of the floor was taken into account. Also, according to the statements of the representative the Romanian Waters it is not estimated that earlier than a month will be drinking water in the communities that now have no drinking water. They are only part of the many consequences that today the community has to neglect. 2007, when they first heard that there is a real danger in the area, ”said Diana Buzoianu.

The hearings were attended, online, Sorin Rîndaşu, Director of the Emergency Situations Department, and the directors of Salrom Marius Gubernat and Nicolae Soltuz.

“The directors of Salrom who participated, however, clearly replied that they did not install the monitoring stations proposed by experts in the 2007 study. They also acknowledged that in the last many years they have done only minimum works, in their own regime, although they knew the risk in the area. Offers were rejected with the excuse that they did not fit in the budget, although the budget was not published from the beginning in the tender procedure, Salrom representatives replied that … they have this legal possibility, “said Diana Buzoianu.