About 15 days after the last flood occurred among a series of 7 floods in 2023, the City Hall of Rio do Sul, in Alto Vale do Itajaí, reported that it had completed on Tuesday (12) the collection of debris caused by the flood , historical remains left in flooded houses throughout the city – Photo: Archive/Reproduction/ND
A balance sheet published this week by the city of Rio do Sul shows that more than 5,000 tons of garbage were collected by buckets and machines outside buildings in the urban area. Among the materials remained furniture, mattresses, cabinets, beds, clothes, in a word, everything that was contaminated by flood water. Photo: Rio do Sul City Hall/Divulgação/ND
According to Rio do Sul’s Department of Public Works, machines and workers from more than 20 cities in Santa Catarina, as well as private companies and volunteers, worked for 21 consecutive days – Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
Crews visited many addresses multiple times as residents who were “cleaning up” their homes or businesses suffered greater losses than expected – Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
However, the mayor’s office guarantees that the volume of garbage collected is much higher, since all the garbage that is still on land in the Canoas area was not taken into account, where trucks in the neighborhoods leave collected material and where many residents also deposited material – Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
The site is temporary as larger trucks are loaded here to send materials to towns with permitted landfills such as Araquari and Otacilio Costa – Photo: Gabriela Senchuk/NDTV
Rio do Sul Labor Minister Charlise Zandonai stresses that the community has had time to leave materials on the street and that everyone is now responsible for forwarding the new waste generated by the flood. Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
“Our teams are still combing some streets, but in general the garbage has already been collected. Our team has been amazing, working almost 18 hours a day for the last three weeks, with no rest on weekends. And that is why we are asking for the cooperation of the public so that they no longer throw materials on the streets,” explains the secretary – Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
Even so long after the flood, the post-flood service was not completely closed. Many streets are still filled with trash, dirt and clogged pipes. Rio do Sul’s Department of Public Works continues to provide pipe cleaning and release services to reduce damage caused by a series of floods – Photo: Gabriela Schenchuk/NDTV
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