The 211 families, totaling 670 people, affected by the rupture of a main pipe of the aqueduct this Sunday afternoon in the Sinaí neighborhood, commune 2-Santa Cruz, receive support from the authorities.
Since the beginning of the emergency, the DAGRD and other relief agencies have been aware of the situation. The technical team has detected 13 homes with structural damage, of which ten have required temporary evacuation.
Among the families are 469 adults; 218 girls, boys and adolescents; 59 older adults; 26 people with disabilities and 161 pets.
“We have been attending to the emergency from the first moment, yesterday, in the afternoon. We were with the families until the early hours of the morning. Follow the process. There is no loss of life and there are five injured people, who were treated. Now continue entering each of the homes to verify the amount of damage and how to provide solutions to the people. First come lives, people. These families have to recover everything they lost,” said Mayor Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga.
Assistance includes the delivery of humanitarian aid, with food kits and psychosocial guidance for the 211 families; Also, support is provided with the transfer of belongings and the care of pets.
The Mayor’s Office of Medellín and EPM have distributed mats and food kits, and have offered hotel accommodation to 29 families who do not have self-shelters or nearby support networks.
The Presentes Corporation and the Humanitarian Aid Corporation deliver clothing to the affected people. For its part, the La Perla Wellness Center is in charge of feeding the pets; while the Ministry of Health has enabled a service point. Additionally, the Ministry of Economic Development accompanies six merchants who suffered losses in their businesses due to the emergency.
“There are two fronts: a technical one, to restore water, energy and gas; and the other is the social one, in which we are dedicated to people, we will continue there. With each family we are going to assess the damages. Refrigerators floated, washing machines floated; If they had a television, they were also damaged. There has to be compensation. It is not leaving them as they were before, it is leaving them in better circumstances than they were. And that has to be a commitment from us, as the Mayor’s Office and as EPM,” added the local president.
The DAGRD continues to evaluate the structural damage of the homes, to protect the lives of those affected, and the Secretariat of Inclusion and Family has deployed a social and logistical team to provide psychosocial and humanitarian support. The secretariats of Youth, Peace and Human Rights, Education and Buen Comienzo support logistical work; and the Ministry of the Environment and Emvarias carry out waste management actions.
EPM advances in repair of aqueduct circuits
At this time, the aqueduct circuits without service are the same due to the work scheduled at the Manantiales Plant. In the emergency sector, the following are specified:
-Santo Domingo Circuit (Medellín) that includes 15,506 users from these neighborhoods and sectors: Santo Domingo Savio No. 1, Granizal, Moscow No. 2, La Salle, San
Pablo, El Compromiso, La Esperanza No. 2, San José La Cima No. 1 SE, San José La Cima No. 2 SE, Las Granjas, Oriente, Popular, Santo Domingo Savio No. 2, Carpinelo, La Avanzada and Aldea Pablo VI.
-Moscow Circuit (Medellín and Bello) that includes 22,908 users from these neighborhoods and sectors: Santo Domingo Savio No. 1, Granizal, Moscow No. 2, Popular, Campo Valdés No. 2, La Salle, Las Granjas, San Pablo, Santa Inés, Villa Guadalupe, Moscow No. 1 and Villa Del Socorro in Medellín, next to Santa Rita, in Bello.
140 gas users are without service, due to the amount of water and mud that entered the pipes.
In order to reduce risks and facilitate the work of firefighters, several energy circuits were isolated; 700 homes still have power interruptions. As firefighters secure the area, service is restored.
Call for solidarity
In a call for solidarity, the District set up an aid collection point to meet the needs of the victims. The donation point is located at the North Transportation Terminal (carrera 64C # 78 – 580).
There, citizens can go to the Mariano Ospina Pérez auditorium, located on the first floor, to deliver items such as clothing in good condition for girls, boys and adults; shoes, blankets, sheets, pillows, mats, diapers, non-perishable food and personal hygiene items, among others.
In collaboration with the Presentes Corporation, an account was set up to donate cash for the care of the victims of Antioquia and Chocó. Those who wish to contribute can enter the link to make contributions.
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