The Venezuelan government released this Monday (6) another bulletin about the victims of the two earthquakes that occurred 12 days ago in the country. In total, to date, 3,535 deaths have been recorded, in addition to 16,740 injuries and 6,462 citizens rescued.
According to the bulletin, government agencies currently provide comprehensive assistance to 86,794 families. Structural damage to 856 buildings left 17,854 people homeless and, of these buildings, 190 collapsed as a result of seismic activity. There are currently 82 temporary camps open to shelter those affected
Authorities also reported that 9,603 tons of food and 8,130,036 liters of water have already been distributed. More than 25,000 patients were treated, involving 27,930 volunteers and 4,338 international rescuers.
Last week, Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, declared that the state would not end search and rescue efforts as long as there was “a mother crying, a father crying, a sister, a grandmother, a grandfather or an uncle suffering for that family.” “We will not rest,” he emphasized.
On Saturday, Rodríguez launched the national reconstruction plan “Great Mission Venezuela Renascida”. The objective is to recover the real estate sector with the creation of a 200 million dollar fund for infrastructure reconstruction.
Dwellings inspected
The Infrastructure Habitability Assessment Commission carried out post-seismic inspections in the housing complexes of the Great Venezuelan Housing Mission Óscar López Rivera, Omar Torrijos and 5 Cuban Heroes, located on Avenida Bolívar, in Caracas.
Most of them received yellow labels, which means that, although their tunnel-like structural system (load-bearing walls and slabs) did not show damage, risks associated with the deterioration of the masonry walls in the stair and elevator cores were identified, which creates potential dangers, especially due to the presence of voids that could cause falls”, according to the civil engineer responsible for the inspection, Humberto Rengel.
Only two towers received green. The assessments also included commercial property deposits.
The assessments are part of an effort by the Venezuelan government to inspect popular housing complexes that are part of the program created in 2011 by former president Hugo Chávez. After the earthquakes, “Gran Misión Vivienda” was the target of fake news on several pages and international agencies for allegedly presenting excessively vulnerable structures.
Last Friday (3), the interim president commented on the cases involving Chavista public policy buildings and denied that they were the buildings most affected. According to Rodríguez, 80% of the affected buildings were private.
Source: www.brasildefato.com.br
