Affected families will receive a contingency bonus. It is not yet explained where the people with total losses will be relocated.
On the afternoon of this February 8, 2022, the Municipality of Quito reported that with the support of the National Government, they will invest $8,413,820.31 in rehabilitation and recovery of Ground Zero affected by the flood that left 28 dead, in La Comuna , on January 31, 2022.
Jaime Bucheli, manager of EmSeguridad, pointed out that he contemplates activities in the short, medium and long term: execution time 90 days in the medium term, counted from February 9, while they evaluate the progress of other activities “which by their nature require a long-term intervention.
First activities
- Provision of cleaning kits, personal hygiene, clothing, household items
- Coordination for the delivery of non-perishable food kits and prepared foods
- Implementation of citizen attention points to survey needs for the management of the registry and update of the census of affected people, people with disabilities, priority attention groups, gender and culture
- Management of inclusion and promotion of rights
emergency fund
It will go to:
- Food assistance for victims and affected (non-perishable food kits per family)
- Basic emergency non-food assistance:
- essential outfit kit
- school kit (backpack, school supplies, uniforms)
- clean kit
- Medications not covered by the Comprehensive Public Health Network or by the Insurer (consequence of the emergency)
- Replacement of household items (up to 6 unified basic salaries) that is $2,500
- Repair of real estate (construction materials for up to 10 unified basic salaries), that is, up to $4,250.
- This will be done for 15 days and those who continue to require the aid and those who do not will be evaluated. “We will help them in proportion to the impact they had,” added Buchelli.
It was also detailed that there are 29 vehicles rescued by the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) and that the care of affected vehicles will be done through private sector actors.
In addition, a point will be established in ground zero to receive needs, although it was not detailed where it will be.
- Immediate solution for renting and/or buying homes. “It has been defined in these months that they will be relocated, if they want to move to another area (the people) and they will collaborate by paying the rent for the first months until they stabilize,” said Buchelli without further details.
- Delivery of contingency bonus for affected people
- Study for the implementation of permanent barriers as means of protection in private infrastructure
Housing rehabilitation (Positive Builders other civil society organizations
Lasso announced donation from China
The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, arrived at the Quito command center, from where he plans how to act on the barrage effects that in the capital left 28 dead, one disappeared and about 551 people affected. Lasso explained that there are nine families whose houses were totally lost.
It’s been a week since alluvium (January 31, 2022), but authorities have not detailed where those families will go. “That is up to the Municipality of Quito, which will have an answer in the coming days.”
lasso, who returned from china, explained that the president of that country, Xi Jinping, announced a donation of $100,000 for household items in the affected houses (kitchen, living rooms). “We will coordinate this through the Municipality of Quito,” he added.
The rubble will leave the Bicentennial
Last week the Municipality of Quito reported that the rubble that was removed from the sectors of La Comuna and La Gasca was being deposited in the Bicentennial Park. However, this Tuesday, February 8, 2022, they reported that the debris will be in this place temporarily.
Inhabitants of the sectors surrounding the Bicentennial uploaded videos and photos to social networks showing the state of the park. Many mentioned that the site where the debris was located was a soccer field.
Given these criticisms, the Metropolitan Public Company for Comprehensive Solid Waste Management (Emgirs) issued a statement stating that the waste will be taken to San Antonio de Pichincha and Oyacoto, where there are authorized dumps. (AVV)
“REGRETTING THE TRAGEDY. THEY ARE PUBLIC FUNDS (REPAIRS AFTER THE FLOOD) AND WE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE”, JAIME BUCHELI, EMSSECURITY MANAGER.
