Italy is preparing for a critical summer due to a severe drought that has dramatically reduced the water level in the lanes of Venice, to the extent that Italians were able, for the first time, to walk in those lanes after the famous boats had passed through them.
And the government of Giorgia Meloni called for a meeting on March 1 to study future measures to mitigate the emergency, in which the low proportion of water resources already available and the need to reduce the times that reduce waste of water are discussed, according to the Italian newspaper "Journal".
Meloni decided to meet at the request of the Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Frattin, and the Civil Protection, Nilo Musumesi, among others.
The Italian Minister of Civil Protection and Maritime Policies, Nilo Musumesi, stressed that water rationing is the only solution to confront the drought ravaging the country, and the prohibition of drinking water for any other purposes, according to the Italian newspaper, "Al-Messagero".
Italy is preparing for a critical summer due to the drought it suffers from in light of the lack of rain and snow on the Alps and the Apennines, and the government is studying measures to guarantee drinking water.
Marco Cassini, head of the Central Apennine Reserves Authority, also warned that "we must prepare for another critical summer", and defended "the need to implement measures to deal with possible crisis situations".
3.5 million Italians may be affected by drought
The environmental organization Legambiente warned of the dimensions that the problem of drought reaches in Italy, derived from the scarcity of rainfall, especially in the Po River, which is the largest in the country, at a historical drop in water levels, as it shows a 61% decrease in the usual volume of water, especially in The north of the country, where rivers and lakes suffer from an acute shortage of water.
And around the Po River, in regions that account for a third of the country's agricultural production, a state of emergency was declared after it suffered its worst drought in 70 years.
As the president of the National Association of Basin Federations, Francesco Vincenzi, warned in a statement of the dire consequences of this environmental problem, drought could affect about 3.5 million Italians in the coming months, based on the data you can access.

Source: The Seventh Day website