The mayor of Florida, Guillermo Lopezsaid to Ambit that many of the almost 2,000 affected by the historic flood in the department began to return to their homes. The return to their homes has not been easy at all and the people “are devastated,” the leader said in reference to the damage these families encounter when they re-enter their homes, which until a few hours ago were under water.
There are about 600 registers in the departmental capital affected in one way or another, López said. Regarding the water of SBISince this Sunday, the city and surrounding towns have recovered the service, which had to be cut off after the state water company’s well was flooded. There were several days in which the city did not have service, during which time the state agency distributed water in tanker trucks to families, hospitals and educational centers.
Refering to financial assistancethe Municipality together with the departmental shopping center ordered the delivery of a voucher of up to 3,000 pesos per family unit to buy food and cleaning supplies, which meant an investment of 2 million pesos.
“We carried out a campaign that we called Nos Levantamos Juntos where donations of items are being received at the headquarters of the shopping center and money through an account that Banco República quickly opened for us,” said last Friday the manager of the Shopping Center of Florida, Magdalena Urchitano to Ambit.
The mayor told this medium that the greatest work will now be located in the reconstruction of the power lines and rural roads, which mainly affected the entry and exit of vehicles from productive establishments and dairy farms in the department. Work will also be done on fallen trees and repair of public spaces and infrastructure urban, López announced.
The communal leader communicated several times throughout these days with the president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pouto whom he conveyed that they must be “effective and efficient” in the recovery work, so that what will surely be provided with financial contributions from the national government.
This afternoon the communal chief will receive from technical teams of the departmental government and the Departmental Emergency Coordination Center an economic evaluation of damages and the budget for the various recovery works will be analyzed together.
Source: Ambito
