Calabria discovers how fragile the network of essential services is when fuel distribution is interrupted. The hauliers’ protest has transformed a dispute over diesel costs into an emergency for the municipalities. From ambulances to waste collection, the problem is no longer just how much it costs to move, but being able to do so.
The most worrying signal comes from the rescue services. The Misericordia of Trebisacce reported difficulties in supplying three ambulances, with risks for the transport of dialysis patients and the support to 118. Antonio Tavella, regional president of the Misericordie, asks for preferential lanes and fuel reserves for emergency vehicles. In a region where distances from hospitals can already lengthen assistance times, leaving rescuers queuing at gas stations means adding an avoidable obstacle.
On the Cosenza Tyrrhenian Sea, door-to-door collection has been suspended in Praia a Mare and Tortora and, partially, also in Cetraro. Citizens have been asked not to expose waste. In Scalea, similar difficulties are feared and the mayors are considering asking the Prefecture for preferential lanes for urban hygiene trucks.
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