Piura: Housing Minister announces relocation of 800 families affected by rains

Chania Pérez de Cuellar, Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, mentioned the work carried out by the executive branch and mainly its portfolio in Piura, one of the regions most severely affected by landslides and river floods due to heavy rains in the north of a country.

in dialogue with News extension from PTRThe head of the housing and communal services indicated that about 800 families in the area of ​​the city of twenty six octoberin the province of Piura, will be temporarily and permanently resettled, as this is the place with the highest concentration of vulnerable population.

“We have to work at two points. The immediate moment is to evacuate this population, which today lives in inhuman conditions. We organized these tours to raise awareness and encourage them to go to shelters.
because many of them do not want to leave their homes for fear of losing their material possessions,” he said.

He also added that “the second moment will be the declaration of a zone of unconditional risk and the opportunity to offer them, as a state, as a government, decent housing in places where, as we know, there will be no pretense. days for these two strategies.

AUTHORITIES IN PYURA ANNOUNCING A STOP

Consulted on what the authorities had to say piurawho point out that assistance from State does not reach the region and that they are preparing a strike on April 18 in protest, the minister pointed out that some areas have been isolated by landslides, and this makes it difficult to provide assistance.

“We are sending aid to the extent that we can arrive by land or by air. Humanitarian aid has already been distributed to court and other areas ayabaca. Obviously the situation the leaders are talking about is dire, we know it. It doesn’t mean we don’t care about them, we care about them,” he said.

As for images of him rafting across a rain-affected area, which has caused discomfort to some residents and leaders piuraName living place He argued that “the disseminated information was malicious”.

“The water was up to my knees, I wanted to go in, and the woman, with tears in her eyes, asked me to climb into this bath, because she wanted to explain to me, as a mother, the fear that she felt every time she had to sit down. this makeshift raft with their children,” he said.