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The President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte Zegarra, and the Minister of Defense, Jorge Luis Chavez Cresta, reviewed a batch of engineering equipment acquired to enhance the capabilities of the Army's Engineering Battalions and to be able to face the effects of the El Niño phenomenon expected for the coming months.
During the activity, the head of state highlighted the speed of the acquisition and expressed the Government's willingness to provide resources to the Ministry of Defense and other sectors in order to work in advance on prevention works. "The vast majority of this machinery is already in the regions working, clearing," he emphasized.
For his part, Minister Jorge Chavez said that thanks to this endowment we will be better prepared to face the weather phenomenon. "Let Peru be sure that its Armed Forces will have all the logistics focused on addressing this emergency. We will spare no resources to get our military to respond, as they always have when the country has needed them," he said.
The supervision ceremony was held at the Rafael Hoyos Rubio barracks, in Rimac, with the presence of the Minister of Economy, Alex Contreras Miranda; the head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Army General Manuel Gómez de la Torre Araníbar, and the General Commander of the Army, Army General David Ojeda Parra.
There are a total of 237 pieces of equipment acquired by the Defense sector, through the Army, thanks to the transfer of items for an amount exceeding 196 million soles, through Emergency Decree No. 019-2023. This acquisition is composed of 87 mechanical engineering equipment (heavy machinery), 94 logistics support vehicles and 56 technical support teams.
The 87 mechanical engineering equipment includes 09 tracked tractors, 21 front loaders, 12 hydraulic excavators, 12 backhoe-loaders, 09 skid steer loaders and loaders, 12 motor graders and 12 smooth compaction rollers. Of these 87 equipment, 83 have already been delivered to eleven Engineering Battalions deployed in seven regions: Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, Ancash, Amazonas, Loreto and Lima.
The 94 logistics support vehicles are made up of 26 semi-rocker dump trucks, 18 rock dump trucks, 10 32-ton tractor trucks with low bed, 10 45-ton tractor trucks with low bed, 10 mechanical aid trucks and 20 4x4 pickup trucks. Meanwhile, the 56 technical support teams are composed of 28 lighting towers with motor and 28 camp modules.
Of these last 150 pieces of equipment (including logistics support vehicles and technical support teams), 105 have already been delivered to the 11 Engineering Battalions.
Maintenance of aircraft and other vehicles
On the other hand, thanks to the transfer of 486 million soles provided by Supreme Decree No. 067-2023-EF, the maintenance process of air, land and maritime vehicles, as well as engineering equipment of the Armed Forces, necessary for the tasks of prevention, immediate response and reconstruction, is being carried out.
Within this framework, to date the maintenance of 6 aircraft is carried out, another 11 are in process and 13 on the waiting list. All aircraft will be available for care and for the transfer of humanitarian aid goods.
The Army also purchased more than 20,000 spare parts for the maintenance of machinery and engineering vehicles, which is already underway.
