📋 Tender Overview
Head of the Minam, Juan Carlos Castro, participated in the second national multipurpose simulation.The Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Castro Vargas, called for the responsible participation of citizenship in the preventive days of possible emergencies for disasters.
The objective of the drills is that the population becomes aware that this type of training reduces the loss of lives. Beyond thinking about oneself, we must think of the family and the community. Therefore we must prepare ourselves, he said during his participation in the second national multipurpose national simulation, carried out in the Plaza Mayor of Lima.
Minister Castro Vargas also highlighted the implementation of early warning systems in various regions. They are fundamental and are being installed in high -risk areas. In Ancash, for example, the Geophysical Institute of Peru will place equipment that will allow the population to alert seconds before an earthquake in areas with glaciers, he explained.
He also said that the early warning messaging system (Sismate) has successfully overcome two tests and is ready to activate real emergencies. Every system requires monitoring and adjustments, but the goal is to work in a timely manner to save lives, which is the most important thing, he said.
Minam participation
Minam staff actively participated in the drill fulfilling the indications of the brigades. Within that framework, the Deputy Minister of Environmental Management, Juan Durand Galindo, led the evacuation actions at the headquarters of the Magdalena del Mar district, and stressed the adequate execution of the institutional emergency contingency plans.
He stressed that the collaborators moved to the safe areas identifying emergency exits. This activity was replicated in the assigned organizations of the environment at the national level.
