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Five homes collapse in the Mamá Tingó neighborhood of Higüey

Five homes collapse in the Mamá Tingó neighborhood of Higüey

Five housing collapsed on Sunday night in the Mamá Tingó sector of the municipality of Higüey, La Altagracia province, due to the intense rains.

According to the president of the Por la Fe Venceremos neighborhood association, Ingrid Santana, those who resided in the housing have not received any aid on behalf of the authorities.

He argued that the help that they, as a neighborhood association, have offered is to house them in the place where they hold meetings, which is the community center, because that organization does not manage resources.

He cited that the affected people have needs of all kinds.

Santana said that, due to the precariousness in the sector, there were people who they risked in it river to try to remove the zinc and other parts of the destroyed houses “to see where they could build something to live in.”

He noted that other familiesas a measure preventivethey had to look for a place to protect themselves and were received by family and neighbors.

The president of the neighborhood council of residents of the Mamá Tingó neighborhood also commented that in the last two months, due to the intense rainsapproximately 15 have collapsed housingpractically half a neighborhood.

As he explained, the housing collapsed They were located on the bank of the river Duey, about 100 meters away, but the river It has been eroding the land every time it rains, even affecting the access road to the sector.

Residents request authorities of the Ministry of Public Works construction of walls on the right side of the bank, where the housing. Santana pointed out that the walls are currently being built on the opposite side, in an area without housing.

Journalist graduated from the UASD. University teacher, with a specialty in Education and New Technologies.

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