The economic losses that have been left so far by the forest fires in the province of currents They already exceed 26 billion pesos, reported this Sunday the Association of Rural Societies of the region.
In a report, the Corrientes rural workers’ union described the situation as the provinceas an “unprecedented environmental catastrophe” and assured that “all agricultural unions in currents They have been strongly affected by the fires..
“The financial losses in currents are millionaires, but official estimates suggest that affected growers could take five to ten years to start recovering from this terrible crisis”, warned the union in a statement quoted by the Télam news agency.
Given this, the national government announced that it will “activate an emergency plan” to address the situation in the region and help contain the advance of the fire, which has so far devastated 9% of the correntino territory.
It is expected that in the next few hours, the Executive will send heavy machinery, helicopters and hydrant planes, fire trucks and human equipment to stop the advance of the fire in currents. In addition to the concession of a drilling machine to be able to supply vital liquid in the affected areas.
Likewise, it was agreed through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to launch a special contingency plan for emergency financing to the province, a measure that would facilitate access to lines of credit for farmers.
Fire damage in Corrientes
The area devastated by the disasters already exceeds 800 thousand hectares. In addition, according to the National Fire Management System (SNMF), every day more than 30,000 hectares of natural forests and agricultural crops are burned.
Currently, there are eight active fires in the entire province of currents and they are distributed by the districts of Concepción, Curuzú Cuatiá, Ituzaingó, Loreto, San Martín, San Miguel, Santo Tomé and Virasoro.
