Switzerland Is Stocking Its Secret Bunkers Again – What Does It Know That We Don’t? | World News
New Delhi: One of the most detailed underground shelter systems built in the depths of the rugged Swiss Alps in the ancient Stone Mountains lies. Hundreds of reinforced shelters, doors thick, filters are intact and air lock seal sits with hundreds of reinforced shelters hidden behind the grass hills.
Switzerland, which is the population of 8.8 million, has more than 370,000 nuclear shelters from anywhere on earth per capita. Each Swiss citizen, according to laws, is guaranteed in one point. The legal framework behind this effort dates back to 1963 and requires that each individual must reach at least one square meter shelter area. No one should have a complete hour of walking distance or in the mountainous areas for more than half an hour of security.
These shelters are not old ruins. It has been built to withstand 10 tons of pressure per square meter, to get rid of the collapsing buildings or intense explosions. Chemical and biological filters inside the walls. Some shelters double even as temporary houses during earthquakes or civil disasters.
The people rarely see them. Many of them turned into warehouse rooms, wine cellar, hotels and even museums. Others were neglected, built dozens of years ago, and is still intact, but it needs care.
Now it is changing.
After Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and the fear of increasing nuclear climbing, it is re -thinking about the peace of Switzerland’s famous neutral society. The government announced the plan to invest $ 250 million to modernize and prepare these shelters.
Shift can be seen in places like Basel. Residents like Nicolas stadiums, knowing that there is a shelter nearby, but like the others, they don’t know exactly where the appointed person is. Authorities say that shelter addresses are linked to home addresses, but they do not publish maps or details unless necessary. If a crisis comes, they plan to give people 48 hours to make people fully ready for the shelter of their basements.
It is a quiet preparation culture. Apartments need to include shelter houses in new buildings. If not possible, the municipality should provide alternatives. Most people live on their shelters.
For Eugenio Garrido, a lawyer from the Dominican Republic living in Zurich, Bunkers no longer inspire trust. BBC said, “The weapons have progressed so far. I’m not sure that something that was built 60 years ago will stop everything today,” BBC said.
The government agrees. Many shelters until the Cold War, even earlier dates. Some have not been continued for years. However, civil defense officials emphasize that this is not about preparing for war. It is related to security.
The questions flooded in the civil defense office in recent months. People want to know if their shelters are still working, whether they are safe, and even one. Companies such as Lunor and Mängu AG, who design and raise compression, report a great increase in demand.
Experts believe that anxiety is real. He is a professor at the ASEDEGIO Institute. Juan Moscoso Del Prado says fears are right. The danger surrounding plants such as war in Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia put nuclear contamination back into public consciousness. The United States contributes to the uncertainty, which has retroached the European defense existence.
Switzerland’s place on the map has not changed. He still lives among the great powers – Germany, France, Austria and Italy. During the centuries -old clashes, others were walking. From Napoleon to Hitler, to the Cold War, Switzerland remained neutral. This peace was not only dependent on diplomacy, but also to preparation. This preparation continues under Meadows and behind the thick doors.
The shelters were never museums. It had to be used if necessary. And now, Switzerland, which has lasted for decades for decades, is once again listening to the footprints above the ground.
