40 families located in the rural area of Villamaríawhich inhabit the upper part, close to the volcanic massif, high-risk area due to an eventual eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, they’ll be preventively evacuatedas reported by the Governor of Caldas, Luis Carlos Velásquez Cardona.
The president explained that that evacuation will be led by the mayor of VillamaríaJorge Orbay Marín and pointed out that the families will be transferred to safe areas.
The governor also informed that according to the censuses of this municipality, There are 300 families that inhabit the areas of influence of the Volcanoin the upper, middle and lower parts.
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The evacuation announcement was made by the Caldas Governor at the end of a Unified Command Post (PMU) that was held at the facilities of the Municipal Council of Villamaría.
In that same PMU, the Mayor’s Office of that town declared the public calamity and manifest urgency, as a result of the situation threat due to volcanic eruption of Nevado del Ruiz.
In addition to this declaration, the local government decided suspend face-to-face classes in 23 educational institutions located in risk areas, in a range of 10 kilometers around the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano.
These students They must receive virtual classes from Easter week and this measure is added to the one that had already been ordered by the Secretary of Education of Caldas de send 203 students online, several of them in Villamaría, Chinchiná and Neira.
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This measure in the 23 educational institutions in the rural area of Villamaría joins the one adopted by the Caldas Department of Education last Friday, when it decided that more than 203 students from Institutions located near the Chinchiná, Molinos and Río Claro rivers should receive virtual classes.
The Secretary of Education of Caldas, Diana Marcela Cardona García, stated that the students who go to virtual They will guarantee access to the School Meal Plan (PAE).
In his turn, President Petro highlighted the announcement of the first evacuation after the alert generated by the seismic activity of the Volcano.
