There are three towns that are at risk from the regressive erosion of the Coca River and its tributaries (Quijos and Piedra Fina). Authorities socialize the alternatives.
In this days, the 208 residents of San Luis, one of the three towns that are threatened by the regressive erosion of the Coca River and its tributaries (Quijos and Piedra Fina), are concerned about what their destination will be in a few more days.
The Regressive erosion is 89 meters from the house closest to the phenomenon and is in imminent risk. On the site, most people know that there is a waiting limit: “It is socialized that when erosion reaches 50 meters from the house we must evacuate”, comments Nancy Chicaiza, one of the residents of San Luis, who has a store of various products.
She says that her house is still about 200 meters from the problem, and that at the moment there is an offer from the municipal government to hand over lots to the affected people. In this sense, he says that the aspiration of the majority of people is to be able to leave the town, but with a decent housing option. “At least one lot to build a canchón,” he says.
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Although he acknowledges that the authorities are trying to come up with solutions, he considers that there has been a delay, because in these days a sort of census is just going to be carried out, in order to establish who the aid should reach. In any case, she assures that, if she sees that erosion is already closer, she will come out on her own. “I’m not going to risk my life waiting for the authorities to solve me,” he says.
It is Monday and for three days a monitoring will be carried out by the Social Registry in the town. Rodrigo Rosero, Undersecretary General of the National Risk Management Service, explains that the Social Registry will act to generate all the data that allows them to deliver the aid in a neat manner.
It is necessary to carry out this process, because at the moment there are many more people on the site than those who usually lived. This, due to the construction processes of variants and other works that the regressive eruption has generated. So, they want to verify that aid is not going to be diverted to people who are not really from the sector.
Rosero explained that inter-institutional coordination is taking place. For example, last week the information update work began, door to door, by Miduvi and the Risk Management Service.
In any case, there have been advances. On the one hand, shelters have already been identified They are equipped with mattresses and other basic items for people in case of having to evacuate completely and in an emergency. However, also There is a proposal from the Mayor’s Office of El Chaco in the sense that housing could be leased to affected people, temporarily.
Further, The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing manages a definitive solution, which would be with the delivery of lots or houses, it is explained.
Rosero explained that this process has already been working for four months, and that now they are already in a stage in which the agreements are being refined and then start with the operative issue. In any case, he assures that the best scenario would be not to have to wait for the 50 meter limit to be reached, but rather that people can continue to be evacuated.
The Risk Service could even help with the dump trucks and the transport of people’s belongings, explains the official. “Our idea is not to have to wait to reach 50 meters, because if that limit is reached, it is no longer negotiable and cannot be kept there.. We have asked the residents to collaborate and try to leave before, ”he says. However, you recognize that there are many people who stick to your site.
In any case, it says that the residents recognize the inter-institutional action that is being applied through several entities in addition to those mentioned above, such as the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, the Superintendency of Territorial Planning, the Social Registry Unit, the Red Cross, among others.
Rosero explains that, in addition to San Luis, San Carlos (with 51 inhabitants) and San Rafael (with 60 inhabitants) are at risk from erosion.
Regressive erosion is a natural phenomenon that is threatening both the strategic oil and electricity sector as well as the productive sector due to the destruction of the highway. At the moment, the pumping of crude is suspended and the Government has spoken of a economic impact of at least $ 600 million between December and April 2022. (I)
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