In the last hours, the Mayor's Office of Caldas, Antioquia, declared public calamity after the collapses caused in the municipality by the heavy rains of recent days, which have left one person injured and 300 more belonging to 50 families injured.
This decision was reached by the municipal administration after an extraordinary municipal risk management committee assessed the effects on the villages of Maní del Cardal, Primavera, La Quiebra and Salinas, where the collapses occurred.
There, 16 other critical points have also been identified where more landslides, terrain instability and river overflows could occur.
Of the 300 people who have been affected, 25 families are in a municipal shelter, according to Caldas Mayor Mauricio Cano Carmona.
“There we are affected in the sectors of Salinas, La Quiebra, La Tolva and the El Cardal sector. We have an average of 38 homes affected in total in this area and we are at risk of some slopes that have also been affected.”
On the other hand, a sector of the Maní del Cardal village is blocked on its main road by a landslide of 300 cubic meters, affecting at least 13 families.
“It's been complex days. Fortunately, we have reacted immediately with all our institutional strength to prevent the situation from hitting our community. We thank those who have expressed solidarity with aid for the victims,” said the Mayor.
“We call on all the inhabitants of the municipality to alert them to the slightest situation of risk,” invited the local president, after specifying that the possible effects and risks will be evaluated through studies with engineers, drone monitoring and ground personnel, as well as field visits.
The declaration of public calamity will take effect from Saturday, April 2 and will be in force, for the time being, for two months. The idea is to carry out budget transfers and streamline recruitment processes to respond to the emergency through the figure of manifest urgency.
The rainy season gives no respite in Antioquia
On Friday, April 1, in the district of San José de Apartadó, which is part of the municipality of Apartadó, in Antioquia's Urabá, it was confirmed that at least twelve of its 32 villages are incommunicado due to damage to the roads.
According to Ruber García, social leader of the municipality, the growing ravine dragged the bank of a tertiary road that connected the towns of El Salto, Arenas Bajas, El Gas and Los Mandarinos. A horseshoe path also fell apart and left eight more paths incommunicado.
In addition, this emergency has also affected them: according to what García reported to Caracol Radio, at least 25 families in that district have had to leave their homes: in the case of seven families, their homes fell apart, while those of the rest suffered structural damage that made them unstable and unsafe.
Through a video released on social networks, García asks for help for people who became homeless and for those who persist in areas at high risk of slippage. He assures that they have not received help or attention from the municipal administration, so that these people are living on public charity.
“We need immediate attention, not only for prevention issues, but also for the relocation of families in at-risk areas of our community.”
Garcia also claims in the video that there was a retaining wall in San José de Apartadó, but it collapsed during this rainy season. So, they ask that another wall be built on the banks of the river so that the water does not take away more houses from the population.
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