The Municipal Self-Government La Paz (GAMLP) yesterday declared a red alert in districts 16 and 17 of macrodistrito San Antonio because of the extent of damage caused by a slump of approximately 100 hectares of land which left a balance of 5 000 people homeless and 800 buildings affected , 400 of which were completely destroyed.
The mayor of La Paz, Luis Revilla, in a press conference attributed the major disaster to a geological fault which dates from 1930 and suddenly activated.
Resolution 095/2011 declared red zone districts 16 and 17 of the city, which include the areas: Renovation, Extension Kupini II, Part Replacement and Complementation Neighborhood Kupini Sector II, Santa Rosa de Callapa Remodeling, Remodeling Valle de Las Flores Sector B, Remodeling Santa Rosa de Azat and Neighborhood Unit Pampahasi Low.
This provision, inter alia, the authority said, means that all technical, operational and administrative Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz remains available to the Special Board Integrated Risk Management for care declared emergency.
reported that the situation forced immediately activate the Emergency Operations Center (COE) in coordination with national, so that the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, Miguel Vasquez, pledged the movement of troops and military police to support victims in the safeguarding of their possessions and evacuation activities of housing.
"Many people have returned to their homes in order to recover their property, in some cases it was impossible to avoid this situation for many people, so you are rushing to evacuate with the provision of trucks of the municipal government and the presence of army trucks, "said Revilla.
Mayor reported that service was cut off electricity in these areas from Saturday night and cut the supply of drinking water.
400 municipal officials were deployed, 500 troops and a similar number of police.
The Ministry of Defence, through the Civil Defense, set up camp in the college Sergio Villegas, nine tents, accommodating 45 people each, however, in accordance with the requirements, also be enabled classrooms needed to house those affected.
EPSAS off the water in 41 districts
megadeslizamiento Given the severity and number of people affected in the macrodistrito San Antonio, Social Public Company for Water and Sanitation (Epsas) was forced to interrupt the supply of potable water to 41 districts in the area Mallasa south and because the high pressure line that runs from Pampahasi south of the city is in danger of collapsing in several sections.
Epsas general manager, Victor Rico, said that was allocated one hundred percent of the emergency. "Last night we worked with the Municipal Government of La Paz, we have made an assessment of the potential impact on the water main to Ovejuyo Pampahasi. " Therefore, it suspended the release of water as prevention, so as not to affect the nearby environment.
The suspension of water service affect Callapa, Irpavi, Achumani, Los Pinos, Cota Cota, Chasquipampa , Mallasa, and surrounding areas Jupapina away. These areas have water by tanker.
The other southern areas of the city will have a normal supply, said Rico by way of providing water rationing for residents of the areas mentioned make their forecasts.
FOR HIGHLIGHT
Victims: 4 000 people from San Antonio
macrodistrito Effect: 80 to 100 hectares of land with total destruction of 400 houses.
095/2011 Municipal Res: declares red alert in districts 16 and 17 of macrodistrito San Antonio.
Refuge: 72 mobile homes and two camps.
activated COE: 500 troops, 400 staff of the Mayor, police for safety and SAR volunteers.
the ranks and ended up sugar reaches stores
This year there will be more than one million pounds of reserves
Long row and blood sugar went to purchase it at this time there is an abundance of product that even began to reach convenience stores and small production units as it did before the shortage, said yesterday the state executive director Supplies Bolivia, Oscar Sandy.
said already entered the country about 150 million pounds of sugar million quintals that the Government and private entrepreneurs committed to importing from other countries to supply the domestic market.
According to Sandy, the Government decided to restore the distribution of the sweetener to convenience stores, who can sell a kilo at a price no more than eight Bolivians, taking into account that the product is delivered in 7 state , 50 bolivianos a kilo.
The agency also supplies sugar Bolivia also distributed directly to small production units that use the product for their daily business activities.
Sandy recalled that last week signed an agreement with the Federation of Municipal Associations (FAM) with the aim of bringing sugar to rural areas with the same price that is marketed in urban centers.
"This year the national government to buy, have a stock, a million and one million 500 thousand quintals of sugar reserve will be for the moment (shortage)," he said.
For chicken meat, Sandy indicated that imports of subsidized corn by the State food prices should normalize soon.
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