Photograph of how the recovery of the island of Providencia is progressing after hurricane – Other Cities – Colombia

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Without pause, the task of rebuilding the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina advances, in which the National Government is engaged in joint work with the administration of the archipelago department and the Mayor’s Office of Providencia.

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The Manager for the Reconstruction of that island, Susana Correa, reported that this Monday “250 families will enter the program of payments for Environmental Services.” That program, Correa said, “will reach 350 families with a monthly delivery of 500 thousand pesos for seven months and, in addition, they will be offered the banking service ”.

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According to information from the Presidency, there are 450 raizales hired by the Mayor’s Office, in coordination with the Risk Management Unit, for debris removal work and to help roof the houses.

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The Manager for the Reconstruction of that island, Susana Correa, stated that soon “130 engines, 44 basic boats and 150 fishing kits will be delivered.”

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The Director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), Eduardo José González, pointed out that the first stage after a disaster, which is attention, has already been overcome and the rehabilitation stage has begun.

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On December 5, the characterization of the affectation of the houses in San Andrés was delivered and on December 11 that of Providencia, according to the Director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd).

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“The Ministry of Housing already has the necessary and sufficient inputs to make decisions forwards,” added González.

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The Manager for Social Management, Lyle Newbal, highlighted that work is being done with the participation of all the islanders and stated that in the short term “we are going to have ready the designs and the type of housing that is going to be built in agreement with the community. ”.

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The Governor of the archipelago department of San Andrés, Providencia, Santa Catalina and the Keys, Alan Leonardo Jay Stephens, stated that “it is pleasant to see how we are progressing, we see that the milestones are being surpassed.”

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Jay considered important the link between the National Government and the departmental government to facilitate the exercises that are being developed and noted that in San Andrés, “everything that has to do with the issue of mobility, with the issue of public services, was quickly overcome. ”.

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The Governor reported that work continues with the submarine emissary, which is expected to be completed at the end of December.

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Hurricane Iota left Providencia cut off and totally destroyed.

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The National Government delivered the complete report of the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis with the revision of 100% of the homes on the island.

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This is how the recovery of the island of Providencia progresses.

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A total of 1976 affected homes were reviewed: 908 with total collapse, 935 with affected roofs and 133 without damage.

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Of the 935 homes with the affected roofs, 29 have slight damage, 119 moderate damage and 790 severe damage.

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In the characterization of the affectations it was also possible to identify that in Providencia there is no land use planning or urban treatment and it was concluded that the distribution of the houses on the properties led to the collapse of several of them, since the collapse of one affected the next .

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President Iván Duque stated that they hope to “complete the entire process of consultation with the community for housing solutions by the end of the year and thus start in January with the reconstruction plan for these.”

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Regarding the cleaning of debris according to a balance of the Ungrd, the teams on the island: a wood shredder, four dump trucks, 28 containers and two bow ties, have achieved the removal of 794 cubic meters of material in Providencia, of which 251 tons of material have already been transported by sea to San Andrés.

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It is estimated that 15,000 tons of rubble still remain on the island, which is expected to be transported to San Andrés in the next few days.

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The removal tasks are in charge of three groups: the National Army, the National Navy and the Special Operations Unit in Emergencies and Disasters of the National Police.

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The National Army, with a team of 469 men present on the island, works on the removal of rubble in sectors four to eight, that is, in Pueblo Viejo, Freetown, Centro and Santa Isabel, corresponding to 55% of the island .

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For its part, the National Navy works in sectors one, two, seven and nine, corresponding to Casa Baja, South West, Santa Catalina and Rocky Point.

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The Special Operations Unit in Emergencies and Disasters of the National Police is in charge of cleaning up in sector 3, San Felipe.