MADRID - The Catalan government has been subjected to harsh criticism after the collapse caused by the unusual amount of snowfall which hit Catalonia on Monday.

All newspapers today dedicated articles and editorials to the chaotic situation reigning in the region due to the non-prediction of it and the delays in intervention by the Generalitat government, and more snow has fallen over the past few hours on the La Jonquera border with France, causing the closing of the National Highway 2.

At least 66,000 households in the Gerona province spent the night without electricity due to the interruption in supply by Endesa due to damage to facilities from the snowfall. Generalitat government sources have said that the service would be entirely restored by the end of day.

In the early morning hours, there were still kilometres-long line-ups on the provincial AP-7 road for access to Barcelona, which has been re-opened for traffic but with serious problems caused as concerns circulation due to the snowfall, according to Highway Police reports.

The closing of the National Highway 2, with a connection to France, has led to further line-ups of articulated lorries at the border, where lorries are detoured in the direction of Montmel and Tarraga. On the Catalan road network, 78 stretches of provincial and municipal roads are closed to traffic, 56 of which in the Barcelona province.

Generalitat sources have informed that railway transport has been normalised, but the Barcelona-France connection is still suspended, while the Barcelona-Portnou line is operative only to Figueres. Two days after the heavy snowfall, 57 schools in the Girona province are still closed, affecting about 25,000 students. (ANSAmed).
 

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