Piura: 30% absenteeism in the region due to rain and floods

The rains and floods that the seven provinces of Piura have experienced in recent days are affecting the labor activity of the inhabitants of this region. According to Javier Beres, President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the region, three out of 10 people cannot work due to these weather events.

“This is a climate effect that affects us not only in infrastructure, but in the same commercial dynamics as in services, manufacturing, agriculture, fisheries, etc., the very conditions of being unable to work. There is absenteeism right now. the rate is 30%, which means that people cannot go to work, are late or have ruined housing,” he said in the program economy for all RPP.

cherish also warned that there lack of staples in the family basket a product of the logistical and transport problems that the population lives on, in addition to the inflationary phenomenon.

“Since last week, we have about 13 points more than inflation in the main family basket. This is very difficult to deal with in an emergency like the one we have. to the north, as well as in the transshipment of these elements,” he said.

The official explained that eggs, chicken, potatoes and butter are among the products that have seen prices rise in the region. Except, indicated that 80% of informal employment in Piura.

On the other hand, he assured that the tourism sector in the region was not so badly affected by the situation. In this sense, he indicated that they have no information about the affected hotels.

residents isolated

The rising waters of the Carneros stream caused the flooding of the bridge of the same name, as a result of which the inhabitants of the Tambogrande district in Piura were left without communication with the outside world and isolated.

The Carneros Bridge was built over the gorge and is completely flooded. Reports from RPP Noticias have confirmed that vehicles such as motorcycle taxis are unable to move forward and residents are trying to cross the street despite the water reaching their stomachs.

The residents of the site expressed their dissatisfaction because part of the plan, which was developed in 2017 in connection with the El Niño Costero phenomenon, was to clean (clean the bottom of the rivers or lagoons where solid waste was deposited) the gully to spills and increase in the amount of precipitation that is periodically recorded in the area.