In a session of the cantonal COE of Pimampiro, a technical report on movements of land masses that affected rural areas will be known

Pimampiro, IMBABURA

Five more families who were at risk were evacuated in San José de Aloburo, a small community of Pimampiro, in Imbabura, to a municipal shelter.

Last Friday Armando Chávez, mayor of Pimampiro, declared a state of emergency to the community, initiating the authorities to seek help from various institutions to face the mishap.

In this population there is uncertainty and sadness because the movements of land masses do not stop and cause destruction. They have even affected approximately ten hectares of crops that were lost in recent days.

The Emergency Operations Committee (COE) requested the presence of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to intervene in the affected productive hectares, greenhouses of kidney tomato, gherkin and fruit trees (mandarin, peach, avocado) startled.

In Pimampiro, earth movements continue affecting homes, roads and crops; in Nabón orange alert was declared

There are 17 families who have had to leave the sector, while geologists from the Prefecture, Yachay and the Central University assess the situation and would be preparing a technical report that will determine the real situation.

The last landslide registered last Tuesday destroyed eleven homes. The families that occupied them were taken to the municipal shelter, located in an old school in El Tejar, or to the homes of relatives.

The COE also coordinated with the Empresa Eléctrica del Norte for the rehabilitation of the electrical service and suggested the displacement of machinery to enable alternative road corridors that facilitate the mobilization of homes that were left isolated.

The thesis that a geological fault would have been activated as a result of some factors such as humidity and water filtration takes force; However, this Friday after 5:00 p.m., in a meeting called by the COE, there could be an official pronouncement.

12 families evacuated from the rural area of ​​Pimampiro declared in emergency due to landslides and cracks in houses, streets and lots

Jimmy Marcillo, zonal director of the National Risk and Emergency Management System, commented that state-of-the-art technology and three drones are being used to accelerate the studies carried out by national technicians from various entities on the site.

Meanwhile, in this rural jurisdiction, several houses continue to crack and roads are destroyed, something that generates fear for families. Machinery of the Prefecture opens alternate routes to guarantee mobility and that the inhabitants can leave and enter safely.

The main entrance artery is fractured in some sections, showing gaps and cracks that do not allow the circulation of vehicles and surprise those who arrive in this population. (I)