Friday, July 16, 2010

Romanian minister arrives in flood-hit town with emergency supply of high heels

A tourism minister sparked outrage by offering female flood victims high-heel shoes. Romanian politician Elena Udrea turned up in a devastated town with boxes of the slinky black footwear. She told the disbelieving women: "We have beautiful shoes for you."

She said they were intended to cheer up women who had lost everything. But one woman in the town of Saucesti said: "I would like to see her try walking over a mud-filled road in high-heel shoes." The eastern town was hit by severe floods earlier this month.



Rain-swollen rivers burst their banks and killed 22 people across Romania, destroying crops, bridges and hundreds of homes. In Saucesti, more than 2000 people were evacuated after the River Siret flooded their houses. Angry locals gathered at the town hall protesting about the failure to start work on a protective dike.

President Traian Basescu promised that the £5million scheme to defend the community from disasters would begin as soon as possible. Udrea, who also took chocolate to Saucesti for children, later hit back, saying the shoes were part of 20 tonnes of aid she had taken there. She added : "Women appreciate the chance to be elegant and to not have to wear Wellington boots any more."

2 comments:

footwear said...

Footwear are the fashion fetish for most of the women. What do women love to shop the most? The answer would most of the times be Footwear and accessories

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