In the same sector where the landslide that destroyed five houses and ended the lives of 16 people there are 2,000 homes that must be relocated. This is how the director of the Risaralda Regional Autonomous Corporation (Carder), Julio César Gómez, considers it.
These 2,000 homes are located in neighborhoods built on the banks of the Otún River, in the jurisdiction of the municipalities of Pereira and Dosquebradas.
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The director of the Cárder pointed out that in addition to this sector, in others in the capital of Risaralda people live in high-risk areas. “50,000 homes we have at risk. In the Consota (river), Otún river, Mina Rica creek, San Jorge creek and the Cauca river,” Gómez said.
The official recalled that in 1979, 2,500 houses built on the slopes of the Otún River were relocated.
“Unfortunately, the migration diaspora that we have had in the Coffee Region has made people invade those lands again and that today they have very consolidated homeswith very nice facades, but at very high risk,” said Gómez.
Álvaro Alzate and Jesús Restrepo are two affected by the tragedy of last Tuesday. Each one has a different drama and they remain in the emergency zone.
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Alzate returned 24 hours later to the place where the avalanche caused the death of his father and brother. Looking at the place where he lived since he was a child, Alzate remembered the time when his brother warned him of the collapse and thanks to this he was able to save himself. He cries as he remembers that his brother turned to get his father out and the two were left under the rubble. Their bodies were found hours later.
“They told us there was no money to relocate people,” Alzate said.
Jesús Restrepo’s house is one of the 15 that were evicted. He asks the authorities to let him pass check that the house has not been looted, but they explain to him that it is impossible because at any moment another part of the mountain could come off.
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Angely Granada, who is one of the people who had to evict the houses for prevention, asks that the aid reach the families who must remain 24 hours a day in front of their houses to monitor them and prevent them from being looted.
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