Guantanamo.- The Provincial Defense Council (CDP) of Guantánamo directed its counterparts at the municipal level to advance immediately in the construction of the houses affected by Hurricane Oscar, taking advantage of the human and material resources available for the recovery of the territory.
To date, only 8 percent of the damage caused by the meteor has been recovered (about 13 thousand homes were damaged); most of the homes repaired are the ones with partial roof collapse.
Yoel Pérez García, president of the CDP, directed the review of all local reserves to speed up the housing program, and gave as an alternative example the proposal to re-adapt a field of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) in Imías, to build new houses for the affected population, including the sports workers themselves.
He also pointed out as a first-order task, the strengthening of the processing offices and the stores selling construction materials, two key points to advance the housing program.
Pérez García praised the progress in the recovery of state institutions affected by the hurricane, since of 700 with damage, 525 have been restored (75 percent of the total); while of the 175 pending, 97 already have the resources for their rehabilitation.
Similar results are shown by other services such as water supply: 84 of the 88 damaged aqueducts are working and more than 98 percent of the population of eastern Guantanamo benefits. The Jamal, La Tinta, El Salao and Macambo systems are still to be put into operation, and are still being worked on.
As for the roads, of the 8 bridges hit by the floods, six have been restored (Sabanalamar, Arenal, El Guirito, Yumurí, Macambo and Acopio) and the Jesús Lores detour was completed; while land communication with La Chivera, La Llana, Dos Pasos, Acopio, Yacabo Abajo and Boca de Jauco was restored. San Ignacio, Tío Pancho and El Jobo are still to be recovered.
The infrastructure that supports the electric service of the population in the affected East is already 99.99 percent restored, with the only exception of the El Castillo Hotel, which requires a change of transformers. Basic fixed telephony is 99.3 percent restored and 6 TX transmitters are still pending, four from Maisí and two from Imías.
It is worth highlighting that supplies continue to arrive in the province to support the recovery, highlighting the arrival of trucks with compotes, powdered milk, paint, fiber tiles, medicines, donations (40 between men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, household items, cleaning kits and food) and mattresses.
