:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/YW27ITQYYBDQNMGIFFSUXHVCIM.jpg "Piura will be declared an emergency due to heavy rains six years after the plague of the coastal child 1")
Defense Minister, Jorge Chavezannounced on Tuesday that it will submit a proposal to the Council of Ministers declare Piura in a state of emergency due to the imminent danger of rains. The initiative aims to take urgent preventive measures in the next 48 to 72 hours, as well as carrying out actions to address the most vulnerable areas.
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“This is the first joint action we have done with the regional governor, louis neyrasaid Chávez, from this northern region, one of the hardest hit by 2017’s El Niño Costero, which left more than 90,000 people homeless, 21,000 homes destroyed and serious damage to public infrastructure.
The minister pointed out that with the declaration, a fund of 1 million 216 thousand soles will be activated for the purchase of humanitarian aid goods, fuel and machinery qualification, which will be used to deal with the unforeseen events that arise in the districts and provinces most affected. the rains
It comes at a time when the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) predicts heavy rains until May, especially in the regions of Tambogrande, Huarmaca, Las Lomas, Sullana, Suyo, Huancabamba, Ayabaca, where the ravines have already been activated.
For his part, the governor indicated that there are 100 motor pumps in operation in the region to serve the more than 90 blind basins. Likewise, 60 members of the army have been trained to operate them. Last Wednesday, the 22nd, heavy rains caused flooding in Tambogrande district of up to 54.2 mm.
In addition, the streets woke up flooded and with 103 critical points. The mayor of Piura, Gabriel Madrid, denounced in Peru 21 that “bureaucratic problems” have blocked the Comprehensive Reconstruction Plan with Changes (RCC) drawn up by the government in September 2017, with which the region can repeat the tragedy.
“The technical part must move forward, that’s why we are pressing, in addition, the regulatory framework ends on December 31. What happens if this year the international call is not made? Piura would be isolated and the same thing that happened in Pisco, which was abandoned after the earthquake, would happen,” he said.
“What we have proposed is that the pre-investment be exempted, to shorten the durations. The RCC has made a lot of progress with schools, integrating roads and hospitals, but the main one, which was storm drainage, has not. Piura doesn’t deserve to be looked at with indifference,” he added.
A report of Summons highlighted that the main fear of the population of Piurana is that a new climatic phenomenon will break out and find them unprepared.
According to the analyzes carried out by the Regional Government, the towns and municipalities of the provinces of Morropon, Piura and Sechura They continue to be exposed to floods that could cause considerable losses in urban infrastructure and crops in rural areas along the 280 kilometers of the Piura River.
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