140 homes affected by floods in Pacora
In prensa.com
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The floods that occurred last night in Pacora, east of the province of Panama, left as a result 140 houses affected, according to preliminary reports.
The head of the Ministry of Housing and Land Management (Miviot) in Panama this, Alcibiades Ramirez said most of the affected houses (120) are located in the area of San Francisco.
Ramirez said ministry officials last night went there to support those affected. In addition, staff of the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) is also found in areas where there were fallen trees and roof detachment.
In the school The Miracle of St. Teresa of Jesus was installed a storage facility where equipment is being distributed and blankets to those affected.
‘They can not be relocated’
The victims can not be “relocated” because, according to Ramirez, they are people who live in homes with no titles. For this reason, he said, the Miviot can not offer a housing solution.
For now, Ramirez said, what you’re doing is a report about the situation of those affected after the rain that fell last night.
The official recalled that Pacora several communities are lands “flood”, a situation that has alerted Miviot earlier because “she added people who live there life-threatening.
Earlier, the director of Sinaproc, Arturo Alvarado, called for the squatters to leave their dwellings in Pacora. “These homes are not apt to have children,” said Alvarado.
According to the director of Miviot in Panama this, the entity is seeking ways to legalize these people.