Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the Hungarian government's decision to implement flood protection developments and investments worth 435 billion forints (EUR 1.04bn) after the 2013 floods has resulted in "serious and important" gains.
The prime minister said that additional protections in various locations were no longer necessary as the flood permanent defenses were working well.
PM Orbán noted at a press briefing that developments worth 150 billion forints were carried out along the Danube, and now at several locations such as around Komarom, in western Hungary, volunteers were no longer needed to build temporary dams using sandbags.
Also, the decision to create a Danube diversion at Moson, inaugurated in 2022, had been a good one, he said. Here, floodwater is diverted away from the Danube branch in Moson, thereby protecting the city of Gyor.
The prime minister said that once the current flood receded, it would be important to quickly strengthen flood protection systems around Esztergom. Also, as part of a 40 billion forint scheme, flood defenses around the Szigetkoz tributary are to be built, he noted.