The Mayor’s Office of Cali declared the public calamity and manifest urgency due to the intense winter in the city.
The objective of the measure is to allow the district administration to provide an immediate solution to the problems that may arise due to the winter wave.
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Ospina pointed out that the public calamity is decreed due to the rainy season that is approaching in the city.
The objective of the manifest urgency is to allow the district administration to provide an immediate solution to the problems that may arise due to the winter wave.
“Given the winter event we are going through, given the circumstances, we have made the decision to make a declaration of public calamity in our city,” Ospina announced.
The declaration of public calamity was recommended during an extraordinary council for the ravages of the winter season held last Wednesday.
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And it is that winter already leaves several emergencies and dramas. Daniel Gutiérrez and Sebastián Martínez arrived in the rural area of Pance, south of Cali, a week ago, and have since lost their trail after an intense downpour fell. The young people managed to report by WhatsApp that they were trapped in a fence of the river.
In addition, in the south and southeast of the capital of Valle del Cauca there have been floods caused by intense rains. On Pasoancho avenue with 70th street there were serious floods.
The Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca (CVC) has warned that there is a 90 percent probability that the La Niña phenomenon will be registered in the current month.
It should be remembered that the rainy season in the country will last until May.
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