The MTOP indicated this Saturday that the El Tambo-Velo de Novia section was closed from km 30 to 40.
The Loja-Zamora road was closed again on Friday night to vehicular traffic. It is the second closing this week. The intense and constant rains that have fallen in recent days in the southeastern region have caused landslides and overflows on this road.
The landslides have even directly affected some vehicles that circulated on the road, ruling out affected people.
A length of at least 7 kilometers presents landslides and landslides, mud, debris, stones and rocks on the Loja-Zamora road.
One person was injured after a new accident on the Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme road
The Ministry of Public Works has reported that the cleaning work has begun, and users are asked to be careful. The hoya lojana has endured heavy rains with thunder and lightning for several hours in the afternoon and night, although in the morning the sun is present.
On the afternoon of this Friday, the Catamayo canton received a heavy rain that resulted in the flooding of some streets, homes and commercial premises in the center of the city, however, personnel from the Municipality of that canton began a cleaning minga that allowed to evacuate mud , water and weeds that were washed away from the upper parts of the city.
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The MTOP indicated this Saturday that the El Tambo-Velo de Novia section was closed from km 30 to 40. The entity indicated that personnel were working in the area to remove material that blocked the road.
According to that State portfolio, in that area there have been three overflows and landslides due to weather conditions.
Another affected road on Friday night was Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme. The fall of stones on the road generated a new traffic accident.
One person was injured in this incident, the second of its kind in less than eight days in that area. Last Sunday, a citizen died and three were injured after rocks fell into a truck.
Like last week, heavy rocks fell on a truck that was circulating at kilometer 47, despite the fact that the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) ordered the closure of this road in a statement issued at 18:36 of this Friday 22.
However, the ECU911 reported at 18:00 this Friday that the road was enabled. This entity asked citizens to “drive with caution” between kilometers 49 and 104.
This lack of coordination between the two entities generated complaints on social networks.
The Cuenca Fire Department indicated that the injured person is 54 years old and was transferred to the Social Security hospital in that city, with slight blows to the head.
The MTOP reported that vehicular circulation was closed at kilometer 49 of the road. “At the moment there is intense rain and thick fog, in addition to the constant fall of material from the slope,” published the State portfolio on Twitter. (I)
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