Romania: Severe flood reaches historic salt mine
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AdvertisementThe stronger floods in Hargita’s Romania County – the worst in the last three decades – has damaged Europe’s largest salt reserves and one of Romania’s leading tourist attractions.
According to the mayor of County, the Petrus Sander, the flow of water is uncontrollable.
“We lost the struggle with nature. The water began to enter the salt tunnel again, with a flow that could not be controlled,” Sander told Local Press.
“The authorities will soon make an expert to determine the position of the walls and pillars inside the tunnel and decide what to do,” he said.
Braid’s salt tunnel is preceding the time of the Romans. In recent times, the gravity of the Transilvenic Road has served as a medical center and tourist attraction, including an adventure park, a cinema, a small museum and other facilities.
The dimension of the damage is not yet clear
Officials have not yet determined the impact of emergency and flooding in the salt mine.
“The situation is complicated. When water contacts with salt, a hole opens immediately,” said Chorine Rindasu, head of the Romania Water Administration Department of Emergency Circumstances.
The Corrent Ribero flower increased, which was flooded with water, he added.
Although the situation is important, officials say the flood does not disrupt the entire tunnel.
Sander made it clear that “it takes a lot of time to dissolve so much salt into the tunnel to make the problem of stability.
In recent years, water leaks to the tunnel have been a problem, and the authorities have done tasks to avoid infiltration.
The Romanian government has assisted the region to deal with the emergency situation, and the Economic Ministry has confirmed to residents that the Romanian ministry will make more investments to reduce the impact of the Romanian tour of the Salt Mine and reopen Mina to the audience.
