Government assures markets and supermarkets in Lima are stocked despite road disruption

After carrying out an inspection in the areas affected by the rains and landslides in Chosica, the Minister of Production, Raúl Pérez Reyesinformed that the markets and supermarkets of the capital are supplied and that during the day the roads will be cleaned to restore the circulation of vehicles, there should therefore be no impact on them supply centers.

“Fortunately the markets and supermarkets in Lima andThey are provisioned, as it is a daily feed. Today, the main roads of Chosica and Chaclacayo will be cleared of mud and stones, as well as the central highway so that trucks that come from the interior of the country to Lima can move without problems”, indicated the government official.

Likewise, the owner of the Ministry of Production (Product) said that members of the National Police of Peru (PNP) They will ensure that there is a greater flow of traffic in areas affected by rains and mudslides and rocks.

“With the cleaning that we will do today, this will be restored, so there should be no impact on the markets,” Pérez stressed, noting, in this context, that “the volume of fishing has increased, we are therefore assured with fish meat Also”.

Likewise, the Minister with the heads of Defense, Jorge Chávez; of Transport and Communications, Paola Lazarte; and Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, held a meeting this morning in the Plaza de Armas de Chosica with the mobile command of the National Institute for Civil Protection (Indeci) to assess the impact of heavy rains and joint disaster relief actions.

Subsequently, the national government delegation traveled to the ravine of Mariscal Castilla, accompanied by the mayor of Chosica, Oswaldo Vargas, in order to assess the damage caused by the heavy rain registered in this domain.

The head of Produce also pointed out that the rains of recent weeks linked to theCyclone Yaku caused losses inproductive sector for about S/20 million nationwide. However, with what happened last night in the capital, this figure could increase.

“Clearly with what happened last night, with the water level, there must be an impact, we will assess today what increased damage. Until yesterday there were 20 million dollars in losses, we think it will increase, we are in the process of making an assessment,” the minister said.

In addition, Pérez indicated that the damage caused in the manufacturing sector comes from the side of the trade disruptionmainly due to the impact on the Sechín Bridge (Ancash) and other roads in the north of the country.

“We are talking about routes that No move large quantities of production. The important thing is the Casma road, on the Panamericana Norte, but this is going to be restored in the next hours or days,” he noted.

At another point, the minister pointed out that it is still not known whether the Cyclone Yaku will affect the first anchovy fishing quota in the center and north of the country, and said that it will depend on the final report of the Institute of the Sea of ​​Peru (Imarpe). “We still have to wait for what the Imarpe report shows. Oceanographic research and analysis of the impact of the culmination of Triple Niña is still ongoing,” Pérez noted.

Finally, he said that we had to wait until the end of the Rainy season to determine their impact on agricultural activitywhich will have an impact on certain sectors of Peruvian industry.