This investment will protect the city in the south-eastern lowlands from heavy snowfall and rain.

Half a billion forints in EU and domestic funding will be used to develop the rainwater drainage system in Dévaványa, according to an announcement made by the local government of the town in Békés County on 6 January. The funding was obtained from the Regional and Local Development Operational Programme (TOP) Plus.

The aim of the investment is to enable the inner-city system to drain sudden increases in rainfall, thereby preventing damage. The development covers 3,800 metres of sewerage network in almost all areas of the town, which has a population of almost 7,000, and includes municipal properties (including the spa, sports complex and public areas) in addition to private properties.

- the statement said.

The sewerage system in Dévaványa is undergoing continuous development.

This is not the first time that news has emerged from Dévaványa about infrastructure developments related to sewerage in recent years: In the autumn of 2022, we already wrote about the modernisation of the city's wastewater treatment plant: the works involved the renovation of the facility's buildings, technological modernisation, the construction of a new sewage pressure pipe and the renovation of the sewer network. The tasks were completed about a year after the original news item appeared.