Ciego de Ávila, May 20 (ACN) The fronts of economic and social life in Ciego de Ávila, which can be the target of disasters of natural, technological and health origin, receive prevention and mitigation measures on Saturday and Sunday as part of the popular campaign. Meteor 2023 exercise.
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Even when the forecast announces normal to little active hurricane activity, there can be no confidence or negligence, which is why the drain is cleaned in the southern part of the capital Ciego de Avila, a swampy area inhabited by malanguetas, but also a reservoir for residential waste that arrives there about Waterway.
Gisela Rodríguez Santana, director of the hydraulic exploitation company, which carries out this activity, indicated to the Cuban News Agency that they are working with an excavator to clear the canal, about three kilometers, because there are several settlements close to the area. The main municipality and from Venezuela, such as Vivero El Café.
Rodríguez Santana specified that it was necessary to keep this moat clean, because in the event of heavy rain, it could flood the southern part of the provincial capital.
Despite the rain these days, the people of Ciego de Avila are also working to secure roofs, to drain the areas around the ring roads, to trim trees, to divide green spaces, to protect livestock, for the homes of various crops and other resources.
Emphasis is also placed on compliance with measures in entities and institutions to avoid possible infection with COVID-19. Although the World Health Organization has issued a decree in recent days to end the emergency phase of the epidemic, this has not yet arrived. end.
The missions are also required to reduce the incidence of viral diseases, which increase after the onset of the rainy season.
In Majagua, one of the municipalities at risk of flooding due to overflowing rivers, the sources that feed them, such as streams and valleys, are being monitored, and the safety conditions of potential centers used to evacuate people are being checked.
The Defense Council of this city refers, in the same way, to the measures to prevent forest fires by creating fire paths, and those for the health of livestock and birds, to avoid contracting brucellosis and avian influenza, already present in the country, but not in the geography of Majagüense, although there is a connection Direct with central highway and railway.
Tomorrow Sunday, Meteoro 2023 will continue with practical exercises in neighborhoods and communities.
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