Governor of Lima province: “A big problem at the national level is the settlement of houses in the places of the river bed”

Lima Governor Rosa Vasquez referred to the landslides that occurred in the eastern part of the Lima region, and specified that the settlement of houses in the places of riverbeds is a recurring problem that occurs at the national level. Faced with this, he clarified that resettlement was necessary to avoid further tragedies.

“We have a big problem at the state level: the resettlement of houses in the places of the riverbedthat is certain today or this year or in five or ten years the ravines are activated and cause disasters (…). Now, in the current situation, what we have done is articulate with the mayors, with the population itself, because they must immediately leave the area and it is logical to make resettlement,” he said in News Extension from PTR.

“We have 128 districts. And out of 128 districts, about 100 districts receive annual rainfall.. Faced with the events that took place in Yauyosa, where entire houses were buried, we demanded a declaration of emergency. Indeci approved it, but only for eight counties. But we have more districts. For this reason, we have declared a state of emergency due to imminent danger in other areas of other provinces that we have and are under threat due to landslides and landslides from rain,” he added.

In addition, he mentioned that, given the situation that affected Provinces of Limait was necessary to coordinate efforts between the regional government, provincial mayors and citizens.

“Today we have cars in strategic directions, but in a minimum quantity: one or two cars. It is impossible to serve the number of districts. But here we are, articulating with regional and district mayors. lamp. We have to get out,” he said.

Prevention

In terms of prevention, Vasquez Cuadrado mentioned that one of the first steps is to clean up rivers and prepare citizens for heavy rains.

“What should we do as a preventive measure? Clear this area of ​​ravines, clear the riverAnd, logically, prepare the population for the measures that we must take so that the rains do not touch us. Many say the rocks are falling all over the Central Highway and pose a danger to every passing car. But we will not be able to entangle all the hills on the highway. This is impossible. There should have been much more government intervention here. But this is our prevention. Since April, we will carry out a whole work to inform the population,” he concluded.