Examination of the majority of claims for compensation in relation to the devastating fire in mountainous Limassol has been completed and remains within our goals, said Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou, who presented yesterday's meeting in Phana.
According to the minister, 699 applications were submitted in time and the examination of 540 cases has been completed, for which either compensation or information was given to sign the responsible statement of acceptance of the cost estimation amount, or there is insurance coverage. In addition, 144 applications have been submitted, which will start next week.
In his statements, Mr Ioannou said that the purpose of the meeting was to consider the course of the measures that had been announced and indicated that "the general picture is that there were no substantive problems or complaints".
"Some individual (issues) concerning specific communities have been noted and the Communists have already arranged to meet with the governor to move to resolve," he added.
Called to say how many applications have been submitted for payment of compensation, the Minister said that 699 applications had been submitted in time and the examination of 540, either compensated or informed of the signing of the responsible statement of acceptance of the cost of costs or costs or costs, has been completed.
"The examination of the rest has begun and is completed day by day. Also, 144 applications have been submitted, which will begin next week, "the interior minister said, stressing that" what was our goal of quickly examining applications, we are within our goals, with the majority of applications being completed ".
Concerning the issue of fire protection purposes and the allocation of funds for this purpose, Mr Ioannou pointed out that, by decision of the Council of Ministers, an amount of one million euros has already been made available to communities and complexes of communities around Forests for cleaning.
Several communities, he said, have progressed, while others have not done so. He added that, after the fire in Limassol, all mountain communities were requested by the Cyprus, as they send the cost of the amount they themselves think they need to proceed with the creation of 200m fire zones. around communities.
According to Mr. Ioannou, the hill community informed that it has taken cleaning actions and other communities are in the process of receiving bids, and it was given the assurance that, for communities that would not be able to complete the actions and proceed with cleaning work, the credits would remain.
Asked about citizens' complaints that there are obstacles to the payment of compensation by the insurance companies, the minister said that it was clarified that, if the insured was paid, the money would be given by insurance companies to repair the losses.
He added that there is a claim, in some cases, that estimating the cost of damage by insurance companies is lower than the actual estimate. As he said, "this is why we have said to be appreciated by a private appraiser, in addition to the estimate made by ETEK, so that they can claim these amounts, although there is a difference with the insurance company."
"If there is still a difference, then they can appeal to the objections and we will consider it," he added.
