A flooded road in the area of ​​Peca, near the entrance to Flor de Bastión, in the northwest of Guayaquil. Photo: Courtesy

There is a lack of awareness and education so that drainage systems and canals are not blocked with garbage; have plans, works (such as dredging), budget to prevent and deal with floods. (OR)

Manuel Calderón Ch.

This is the job not only of competent bodies and institutions, but of the entire population.

The population must be educated, it damages drainage systems because it throws paper, plastic, cardboard, stones, wire…; it washes its portal, but does not collect garbage, but directs the water into the sewers using pull hose supports, sticks, lids, soil, food residues and grease or oil, etc. Videos are broadcast on the networks of residents of settlements flooded in the rains, who discover the sewers and remove them many plastic bottles, containers, etc. Then they accuse the municipalities of not having good storm water drainage in the cities. The population throws garbage on roads, rivers, estuaries, seas; build houses on unsuitable areas, damage water-absorbing vegetation… (O)

Jose Ortoneda Sanchez

In order to control the flooding in winter, not only in Guayaquil, but in all the cities of the country, the problems that can occur in any place when it rains must be prevented; to look at the causes that can cause catastrophic situations that cause economic and human losses and to carry out the necessary works.

Prevention is benefit. Not to be like the vulture who wants to build his house the next day every time it rains, but never does when the danger is over. Things have to be done on time, well thought out, with actual studies that can be successfully carried out to withstand winters and rains without regretting floods etc. (OR)

Efren Jaime Villamarin

Departmental authorities, governments, should install new sewage networks because many are rotten; dredging rivers, and not just promising that the dredged “go because they go” (pure talk); building permits for citadels, bridges, houses…, must be granted if they comply with safety regulations; For example, many citadels are buried in water and mud in winter because they put up a weak sub-wall that falls with the rain and landslides occur.

We have no plans, works, budgets, how to prevent and act on floods, landslides, landslides, sinkholes, overflowing rivers, storms…, earthquakes. (OR)