2023-11-10 16:02:14
Apparently, the El Niño phenomenon is getting closer every day and the institutions involved are preparing to prevent the impact on the population from being as little as possible.
According to the Erfen committee, an organization that studies the El Niño phenomenon, it has predicted that the heaviest rains in Ecuador will be recorded in the months of December, January and February, but that it will begin on November 15.
Vanessa Banda Luzuriaga, deputy zonal director of the Risk Management Secretariat, SGR, said that, in the province of El Oro and in zone 7, which also includes the provinces of Loja and Zamora, the phenomenon would clash with the rainy season.
Given this announcement, the SGR is taking preventive actions and work; In addition, it is the responsibility of the decentralized autonomous governments to carry out mitigation work in their jurisdictions and in the highest risk areas, he specified.
“The province of El Oro would be the most affected by this phenomenon. In Loja, in some cantons mentioned and the province of Zamora Chinchipe. As I mentioned, the rainy season is approaching and we already know based on the history that has existed,” said the director.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Banda explained that the SGR has humanitarian assistance supplies for the victims, this includes for the three provinces in the area. The idea is to provide immediate help to emergencies that may arise in any part of this zonal territory, she said.
The acquisition includes 1,000 complementary food kits for 15 days, 2,000 first response kits for three days, 1,000 family cleaning kits, 1,000 hygiene kits, 1,000 tableware kits, 400 250-liter tanks, 30 2,500-liter tanks and 1,000 complete sleeping kits (mattress, pillow, blanket and sheets).
“Clarifying that the immediate attention or first response belongs to the municipal governments. The GAD’s are also making their acquisitions and we are entering into complementary assistance. If some municipalities do not have sufficient resources, we will enter with the contingent,” she assured.
He said that in El Oro the meeting points have already been identified so that families can evacuate. He highlighted that drills have been developed so that citizens stay informed.
Likewise, temporary accommodations are mapped and the GADs have established these spaces with the respective equipment, added Banda.
Between Monday and Tuesday of next week, the Emergency Operations Committee, Provincial COE, will meet to evaluate and establish the actions to be taken due to the ravages of nature.
THEY ARE ALERT
Rosa Sanmartín Sánchez, who has a snack shop a few meters from the El Macho canal, is prepared in case it overflows, as happened in 2016, where the streets of the Los Vergeles sector and surrounding neighborhoods turned into rivers. The water reached their waists, the woman recalled.
The lady, who is 55 years old and has been living in the place for 30 years, says that only God knows if the phenomenon is strong or not. “One must be prepared, because we do not know how high the water will rise.”
Sanmartín expresses that all residents of Orense must do their part to keep their sewers clean so that the water can be quickly evacuated. “Although when winter or El Niño comes, you are not seeing anything,” he mentioned.
This media outlet tried to hold interviews with the person responsible for Irrigation of the Prefecture and with Risk Management of the Municipality of Machala to find out the actions to take in response to these announcements, but until the closing of this journalistic article we did not receive a response.
CITIZEN VOICES
Fermín Ortiz Argudo, 75 years old:
“So many things have been said about the El Niño phenomenon, but we have not had any support. We are abandoned and no one comes to encourage anything. Maybe some shelter there. When the canal overflows, water enters and we have to figure out how to get it out or wait for the level to go down. We lost everything. There is no one here to tell us what we should do.”
Patricia Valarezo, 60 years old:
“There is no safe place here, because El Macho is close to our homes. I have lived in the area for about 3 years, but I have been told before that it has bounced. Until now I have heard the authorities say something, because they have not socialized anything here. There is a fear that our things will be damaged because the houses are low and are not made for something like that.”
David Mejía, 35 years old:
“My business would be affected because it is about 30 meters from the canal. Now it depends on the strength of the El Niño phenomenon. There is fear that it will overflow and could harm businesses and homes. There could be human losses. The authorities have not come here to socialize and train. We know what is coming through television and social networks.”
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