The intense heat that continues to hit Risaralda and the rest of the country has serious problems with the water supply in community aqueducts, which are most often located in rural areas.
With the purpose of mitigating this problem, by instruction of the governor of Risaralda, the Departmental Coordination of Disaster Risk Management (CDGRD), delivered 31 500-liter tanks and 31 one-inch hose pipes, to the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal. , this in order to support the water supply.
“This is part of the implementation of the department’s contingency plan for the El Niño Phenomenon. Support for Santa Rosa began, but we are still verifying the damaged aqueducts in Apía and Marseille, to see what our support will be like,” explained Diana Carolina Ramírez Laverde, Departmental Coordinator of Disaster Risk Management.
The official also indicated that these actions were adopted on January 27, as well as the request to the National Government to prohibit the entry of tourists to the National Natural Parks, PNN, in order to protect the fauna and flora from wildfires. vegetal cover.
In addition to the above, Governor Juan Diego Patiño asked the mayors of the 14 municipalities of the department to continue implementing their contingency plans to face the El Niño phenomenon and thus minimize the occurrence of vegetation cover fires and other effects that may occur. introduce.
Caption: In addition to strengthening community aqueducts with the delivery of elements for their operation, it is also necessary for citizens to make rational use of water.