The mayor of Bogota, Claudia López, declared the public calamity in the city, due to emergencies due to the strong winter season.
The decision was made in the middle of the Unified Command Post (PMU) on the road to the municipality of La Calera, which has been seriously affected by the rains.
It is worth mentioning that This road corridor is closed after a large landslide, landslides and floods on the main road and several villages in that town.which so far leaves two people dead and two more missing.
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The District noted that some of the strongest emergencies are recorded in the Santa Ana neighborhood of the town of Usaquén, as well as in the Brisas del Volador sector in Ciudad Bolívar.
Emergency agencies reported that in Santa Ana, the Molinos pipe overflowed, leaving dozens of parking lots flooded and the total loss of the vehicles.
Meanwhile, there is a phenomenon of mass removal affecting five homes, in addition to another 13 that are at risk. However, the residents of the buildings refuse to vacate despite the possibility of their homes collapsing.
For its part, in the town of Chapinero there are damages in the San Isidro and San Luis neighborhoods (on the road to La Calera) after several landslides due to the intensity of the rains.
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Mayor Claudia López pointed out that “We declare a public calamity due to a winter wave. That will allow us to have everything we need. The affected families are cared for in 3 shelters, PMU emergencies all night and I will personally reinstall tomorrow 6:30 am PMU General and 7 am all teams resume their work “.
After the ANI did not agree not to collect the tolls from the dump trucks in the communityLópez indicated that the petty cash of the Idiger for a value of $1,000,000 was arranged “to continue paying the toll, so that they pass and the waste that we are disposing of in La Calera. Otherwise, it would be a long way to go.”
Finally, Claudia López specified that “The other emergencies registered in Bogotá in sectors such as Santa Ana, Usme, San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe and Ciudad Bolívar, they are already overcome. There are no deceased or injured people, we continue with cleaning, prevention and mitigation activities.”
