600 volunteers take part in Leiria clean-up
Twelve groups from across the country took up shovels and brooms.
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Twelve groups from across the country took up shovels and brooms.
Leiria, Coimbra and Santarém are the districts reporting the most damage.
Participants gathered at the municipal stadium and split into groups to clean the municipality, which comprises 20 civil parishes and is home to more than 130,000 people.
Participants are divided into 12 groups and sent to different areas, each accompanied by a guide familiar with the city.
The Batalha Town Council is distributing paper notices door-to-door to residents due to communications difficulties, the municipality's president told the Lusa news agency. The council is organising a volunteer action today to clean up the municipality.
Leiria City Council today launched the “Clean Leiria” campaign, the first volunteer action to clean the district capital. The initiative will take place on Saturday, the mayor of the municipality — which was severely affected by the bad weather — told the Lusa news agency.