UPDATE : February 14, 2026 - 20:48
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Naples, manholes and drains covered with insulating tape to prevent cockroaches from coming out: they become a plug during storms

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“During an inspection I carried out on Thursday morning in the historic center, I noticed that some drains and certain manholes were covered with insulating tape. I was told that this solution was adopted to prevent cockroaches from coming out from underground. However, this tampering has aggravated the difficulties in the flow of rainwater into the sewers, contributing to the flooding and swamps that also occurred in those areas during the last heavy storms that hit Naples.” This was announced by the regional councilor of the Greens Francesco Emilio Borrelli and the councilor of the Sole che Ride in the II Municipality Salvatore Iodice. “The problem of cockroaches must certainly be solved, but it is not possible to do so by covering the drains which, in many cases, are already blocked. On the contrary, they must all be cleaned in order to make them functional again. In this regard, we have sent a note to the ABC asking them to create a task force to clean all the blocked drains in the city.”

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