Bad weather: stop for the Adige-Garda drain – Report

(ANSA) – Verona, November 2 – It was closed, from last night, the
Adige-Garda drain that since midnight last Tuesday
until Thursday, he landed in the largest Italian lake 350
cubic meters per second of Acqua dell & # 39; Adige, saving Verona
dall & # 39; esondazione. This was announced by the "Comunità del Garda", with
headquarters in Gardone (Brescia).
The Torbole tunnel boring machine (Trento) was
last used 18 years ago. A measure "paid" to my dear
price, however, of the Garda because in the basin thousands have been finished
cubic meters of mud and river debris, which they covered
the blue waters of Lake Garda with huge brown spots.

"Faced with the danger of flooding Verona and creating problems
safety of people and things, the Garda – explains in a statement the
"Community" – the sacrifice of "accommodation" was taken for
a few hours the waters of the Adige. An exceptional measure
We hope this will not compromise the quality of the lake's waters. "