The mayor of San Estanislao de Kotska, Rafael Valle, made an urgent call to the national government after the emergency caused by the overflow of the Canal del Dique due to the breaking of the El Cafiro stream, which has already affected more than 2,000 families in this municipality.
“We make a call to the national government in the face of the great problem that we have due to the stream that broke and that More than 45 days ago the leaks had started. The peasants themselves have tried to mitigate and doing the impossible so that this stream does not break, “said the mayor.
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“We had conversations with Departmental and National Risk Management and we are waiting for machinery to contain the problem, because with each passing day it grows much more. For two years I have been making a call that profound solutions are needed in that jarillón because our peasants are the ones who are affected by all these situations that they are experiencing today.Valley said.
It should be noted that, given the situation of the winter wave that hits the department of Bolívar, the director of the Departmental Risk and Disaster Management Office, José Raimundo Ricaurte, stated that The possibility of declaring an orange alert in the Canal del Dique area is being studied.
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“The declaration of orange alert would be in the Canal del Dique and in the Magdalena, every time the rains have not stoppedthe idea is that the Municipal Risk Management Councils with the mayors can redistribute resources so that they have funds with which they can mitigate emergencies at critical points,” said the official.
