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Juan Carlos Castro, head of the National Water Authority, an agency attached to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), said that its own machinery has been moved to the regions declared in emergency by the El Niño Phenomenon (FEN), to support regional and local governments in dealing with possible emergencies that may arise.
Castro Vargas explained that, after completing the cleaning and de-silting work of 553 kilometers of riverbed, which were specifically entrusted to the ANA, in 316 very high-risk sectors, now MIDAGRI, through the ANA, is preparing to act with its own machinery in the event of overflows and floods. "We have allocated 38 pieces of machinery to Lambayeque; 35 to Piura; 24 to freedom; 19 to Ica; 17 to Ancash, another 17 machines to Lima and 17 to Tumbes," he said.
He also reported that the National Water Authority carries out daily monitoring of river flows as a preventive measure, through the Water Alert System. "At the moment the levels are slightly above normal," he said.
About Protective Meshes
The head of ANA clarified that this entity installed 22 dynamic barriers in 9 streams in the district of Lurigancho-Chosica since 2015. These structures were delivered or ceded to the municipality since those years so that they can be responsible for their operation and maintenance. At this time, ANA will provide technical support to the municipality so that they are 100% enabled.
In addition to these 22 barriers, ANA will construct 35 containment dikes and install 12 dynamic barriers in 21 new streams. These barriers constitute protection works, so technical and administrative processes typical of an investment work must be complied with. Dynamic barriers are high-tech structures that will arrive from Switzerland. "After many years there has been no investment in these protective infrastructure works, in a few months we have intensified the actions to place the structures," he said.
Calls for withdrawal from marginal river belts
On the other hand, the head of the ANA called on regional and local authorities to support and urge the population and farmers not to invade the marginal strips of the rivers that are at the top of the banks, and which are places of high risk due to the increase in flows.
"We urge the people who have installed their homes and crops within the marginal strips and riverbeds to withdraw from those places because in the face of the flooding of the rivers or activation of streams, they recover their natural course in all its amplitude and end up affecting houses and farmland," he said.
The head of the ANA participated in the press conference of the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN) together with the Minister of Defense, Jorge Chávez Cresta, the head of the National Center for Disaster Risk Estimation, Prevention and Reduction (Cenepred), Miguel Yamasaki; the president of the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (Senamhi), Gabriela Rosas Benancio and the head of the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci), Carlos Yañez.
