Hoy Monday, October 28th are fulfilled 369 days since the Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco who, before being able to recover from the damage caused by the meteor, also had to overcome the from Hurricane John.
More than a year after Hurricane Otis left devastation throughout the port, destroying the hotel and restaurant area, as well as the homes of the inhabitants of Acapulco, its residents continue to suffer from water shortages, as well as the increase in violence.
Until September 13, the last date on which the federal government gave official information, the Secretary of Welfare, Ariadna Montielreported that he supported Acapulco and Coyuca de Benítez with the deployment of 15,598 workers.
Claudia Sheinbaum announces end of the emergency in Acapulco by John
Claudia Sheinbaum went to Acapulco on Sunday, October 27 to end the emergency after the impact of the Hurricane John in the municipality.
This is the second time that the president travels to Acapulco, a municipality hit by two hurricanes in less than a year.
During her visit, Claudia Sheinbaum reported that 6,659 million pesos have been invested in Guerrero, of which almost 3 billion went to the direct aid to Acapulco families.
“Today we can say that the emergency has ended and that we have moved on to the next stage…in terms of cleaning, rehabilitation of roads, electricity, we can say that this stage ends and we begin another one that we call Acapulco Transforms With You”
Claudia Sheinbaum
For his part, the director of the National Water Commission (Conagua), Efraín Morales, has reported that 100% of the city now has drinking water againafter several weeks without supply.
Victims of Otis and John block protests in front of the Naval Base
During Claudia Sheinbaum’s visit to Acapulco, Those affected by hurricanes Otis and John demonstrated in front of the Naval Basewhere the president was.
According to the protesters, from Las Vigas and Acapulco, they had great losses since Hurricane Otis and, with the passage of Hurricane John, they have not been able to recover the “tourist clientele.”
For this reason, they asked for financial support from the federal government, as well as to be counted because, according to the protests, the National Servants They only counted 10% of those affected by John.
For their part, around 20 tenants, representatives of the more than 200 markets of Caleta, Caletilla and Vía Rápida, They asked for “soft loans” to be able to cope with the crisis due to the lack of tourists.
Acapulco: More than 99% of the hospitals in Acapulco operate normally
David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, head of the Ministry of Health, reported that 99.7% of the first level units in Acapulco, Guerrero, function normally.
Likewise, he highlighted that all second-level medical units already operate at 100% of their capacity; There are 32 mobile medical units with personnel from 14 states.
On the other hand, the head of Health, David Kershenobich, pointed out that a Continuity Plan has already been established for Guerrero, which includes:
- brigades in the field
- increase in medications
- actions to prevent dengue
In addition, he explained that so far, 18,956 people have been vaccinated in Guerrero and 126,117 health promotion measures, 1,617 mental health measures, and 11,851 dental care have been undertaken.
On the other hand, he emphasized that, in the face of the devastation caused by the Hurricane Johnthe participation of the Ministry of Health focused on medical and emergency care, therefore, they offered 112,917 actions by 3,920 public servants.
Attention for Acapulco costs 100 million pesos a day
During the Claudia Sheinbaum government report in Acapulco With the end of the emergency caused by Hurricane John, it was reported that, in the last year, the federal government has allocated 100 million pesos daily to care of the municipality, as well as the surrounding towns to attend to the emergency caused by hurricanes Otis and John.
However, the investment of more than 36 billion pesos, Considering the nearly 8 billion that President Claudia Sheinbaum announced yesterday, Acapulco’s road and tourist infrastructure continues in the process of reconstruction.
The investment allocated by the federal government after Hurricane Otis as well as John, was applied in temporary supportsrecovery of belongings and housing reconstruction of affected families.
Federal spending has also served to clean streets and restore basic services in the port, such as water and drainage; as well as direct support to those affected, they were considered 2 thousand 960 million pesoswhich are dispersing between 32 thousand victims.