Iván Duque appoints manager for the reconstruction of Providencia

This Thursday President Iván Duque appointed the Director of Social Prosperity, Susana Correa, as the new general manager of the process of care and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure of Providencia and of attention to the archipelago in an integral way.

“Once the rubble removal has been completed, the cleaning has been completed, we begin with what I have called the One Hundred Plan, which is a hundred days to give the maximum work capacity to make the greatest possible reconstruction of the island of Providencia and where we are going to summon the greatest solidarity in the country “Duque explained.

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In the Prevention and Action program, the official assured that there is already a roadmap in order to rebuild the island of Providencia, which was seriously affected after the passage of Hurricane Iota.

“The effort will be throughout the archipelago, after ten days of removal of debris we will begin the strategy for the reconstruction of houses”, Correa said.

The island will be rebuilt with local labor.

Iván Duque affirmed that during the reconstruction process of San Andrés y Providencia, the National Government will employ all the local labor force.

“On the one hand, the removal of debris and the cleaning of the island, joining the work of our engineers, soldiers from our National Navy team, and on the other hand, also, leaving them linked to the reconstruction process”said the president.

The Minister of Housing, Jonathan Malagón, highlighted the three major milestones achieved by the National Government in the last hours amid attention to the emergency on the island. As the first major milestone, he highlighted the progress in the cleaning and debris removal process, which will be carried out by local labor.

“It is estimated that in Providencia there are between 370 and 390 people who work in the construction sector. All will be hired by the National Government, starting today “added the minister.

As a second milestone, the head of the portfolio announced that the pilot plan for reconstruction will consist of ten houses, nine in Providencia and one in Santa Catalina, which will begin to be built this week and for which “we have already defined the places.”

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These houses will be used to evaluate materials, construction times, necessary human resources, compliance with earthquake resistance standards and the condition of the land.

Parallel, The design of the houses will be agreed with the Raizal community and the affected families, thus allowing the protection of the island’s cultural landscape, the customs of the communities and adapting the new homes to the climatic conditions of the Island.

And as the third major milestone, in terms of the rebuilding process, is the contiguous island of Santa Catalina. “The friendly arm of the State will also reach Santa Catalina, carrying out the reconstruction process, and we already have three potential places to build our first home”, he expressed.

Minister Malagón also reported that they are working at full speed to repair 100% of the drinking water treatment plants on the island of San Andrés.

“Tonight the desalination plant of 50 liters per second will be operational, it is the largest potable water plant that the island has. We still need a minor repair in our second plant of 25 liters per second, we are working double shift so that this repair is ready between Thursday and Friday. In this way, the inhabitants of San Andrés will be able to have 75 liters of water per second at the end of this week “, Held.

In addition, the National Government will support and accompany Providencia so that, in the short term, with resources from the general royalty system, a comprehensive project for a sanitary sewer system and rainwater is financed for all its inhabitants.