{"id":81491,"date":"2025-11-18T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81491"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:07:23","slug":"infrastructure-minister-were-fully-prepared-as-heavy-rains-hit-the-koman-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/infrastructure-minister-were-fully-prepared-as-heavy-rains-hit-the-koman-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Minister: \u201cWe\u2019re Fully Prepared\u201d as Heavy Rains Hit the Koman Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, carried out a visit this Tuesday to the Koman Hydropower Plant.<\/p>\n<p>Balluku stated that all structures are on alert for monitoring and managing the situation, as the heavy rainfall has significantly increased inflows across the cascade. She emphasized that the issues were anticipated and that measures have been taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKESH\u2019s forecasts have been very accurate. We always accompany them with satellite forecasts from civil aviation, as well as with the communication we had yesterday with the public from the operational room of civil emergencies. Everything that has come from KESH has been very precise.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problem in the case of Koman is the lateral inflows \u2014 those coming from the streams, and they are visible. Today, due to the weather, I traveled by land. I saw that all the side streams were pouring into the lake. Now, the intensity has begun in Lezh\u00eb, La\u00e7, and Shkod\u00ebr, bringing issues that were already foreseen, and we have taken measures so that the damage is as minimal as possible,\u201d Balluku said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, carried out a visit this Tuesday to the Koman Hydropower Plant. Balluku stated that all structures are on alert for monitoring and managing the situation, as the heavy rainfall has significantly increased inflows across the cascade. 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