Civil Defense monitors risk of erosion in cemetery in the city of Acre; crater approaches wall

Civil Defense monitors erosion near the Rodrigues Alves Municipal Cemetery. The place entered an emergency decree this Thursday (5).

Other parts of Rodrigues Alves, such as the port region, also recorded landslides. The municipality is seeking federal and state resources for containment works.

The decree also covers the Novo Mercado Velho, in Rio Branco. Governor Mailza Assis ordered the removal of traders from the stretch that poses a risk.

Authorities in Rodrigues Alves, in the interior of Acre, monitor the progress of erosion in the soil near the Municipal Cemetery. Images recorded during inspections show a crater approaching the wall of space.

The location was included in the emergency decree published by the Government of Acre this Thursday (5), next to the Novo Mercado Velho promenade, in Rio Branco. The two locations are identified as geological risk.

According to the coordinator of Rodrigues Alves' Civil Defense, José Adgarbe Pereira Alves, in addition to the cemetery, other parts of the municipality also present problems related to landslides. The situation led the municipality to seek technical support from the State Civil Defense to assess the conditions.

"Rodrigues Alves City Hall is already seeking measures in light of the landslide situation recorded in the area of ​​the municipal cemetery, which presents risks and requires special attention from the public authorities," he said.

The city's port region is also a concern, as the movement of soil recorded there compromises sections of roads and structures used by the population. The city hall requested a technical study to assess the seriousness of the situation and identify the existing risks.

The concern, according to Alves, is to prevent the advance of erosion from further compromising the structure of the site. The municipality seeks recognition of the emergency situation to enable support from the state and federal governments and obtain resources for containment and recovery works.

The authorities also announced, in addition to the decree, formal notification of the contracted company responsible for the works, the temporary withdrawal of stallholders from the solidarity economy and the preparation of a relocation plan for the affected permit holders.

Technicians from the state and the capital's management carried out a joint inspection of the promenade. Governor Mailza Assis (PP) and the mayor of Rio Branco, Alysson Bestene (PP), also held a press conference to talk about measures to solve the degradation of the site.

"Daily monitoring of the conditions of the work is already being carried out and, now, we have come to the conclusion that it is necessary to publish a decree to remove part of the traders from the stretch that poses a risk, avoiding any fatalities", stated the governor.