Negligence in the face of the rains: 81% of municipalities in emergency failed to invest in prevention

Although local governments receive resources to mitigate risks every year, the management of these funds remains deficient. After heavy seasonal rains, the Executive declared 134 districts in emergency; However, the budget response has been null in the vast majority.

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Although this climate phenomenon is cyclical and predictable, 81% of the affected municipalities (108 of 134) failed to allocate budgets to disaster prevention, according to data from the MEF’s Friendly Consultation portal.

The outlook is critical even where there was an allocation: of the 25 districts that reserved funds, three did not spend a single penny: Merced (Ancash), Laredo (Freedom) and The Cross (Tombes).

Concentration and spending

The total budget for prevention in this group totaled S/25.3 million, of which S/21.6 million was executed. However, this figure is misleading: only two districts, Moquegua and Carabayllo (Lima), concentrated more than half of the entire budget and execution.

In contrast, highly vulnerable Lima districts such as Chaclacayo and Cieneguilla They stand out on the black list of those who did not allocate resources to prevent disasters.

**Districts in emergency that allocated budget for prevention**
Department	District	Budget (PIM) in soles	Execution (%)	Participation in budget (%)
Moquegua	Moquegua	10,492,520	83.8	41.4
Lime	Carabayllo	3,164,008	98.4	12.5
Lime	Lurigancho	2,496,703	100.0	9.9
Ancash	Chimbote	2,228,929	95.9	8.8
Lime	Saint John of Lurigancho	2,056,622	99.2	8.1
Lime	Antioch	1,737,928	32.9	6.9
Lime	Saint Vincent of Cañete	861,000	61.0	3.4
Tumbes	Green Waters	653,610	98.5	2.6
Lime	Ricardo Palma	458,378	82.2	1.8
Tumbes	Corrals	228,875	66.8	0.9
Lime	Matucana	208,000	100.0	0.8
Tumbes	Hospital Pampas	177,497	100.0	0.7
Freedom	Huamachuco	157,999	75.9	0.6
Ica	Saint Joseph of the Mills	78,000	72.3	0.3
Piura	Vichayal	56,064	100.0	0.2
Piura	Castile	43,314	47.2	0.2
Ancash	Merced	42,700		0.2
freedom	Laredo	42,500		0.2
Ancash	Santa	40,000	80.0	0.2
Ica	Ica	40,000	100.0	0.2
Lime	Saint Eulalia	30,199	100.0	0.1
Lime	Sings	24,380	91.8	0.1
Tumbes	The cross	6,000		0.0
Ancash	Nepena	3,202	100.0	0.0
Piura	Salitral	1,698	100.0	0.0