Yellow machinery from the Antioquia Infrastructure Secretariat moves towards Carepa, in Urabá Antioquia, where the sudden rise of the river that bears the same name ended with a bridge that connected the urban area with the Piedras Blancas district.
The torrential flood occurred due to a heavy downpour that caused the river It will come down with great force and drag a large amount of stones and sand.
Agapito Murillo Palacios, municipal mayor, said that a month ago a similar crescent that had moved the structure a little, but in the latter the bridge could not hold and broke in two.
“The rising river that came with beach material burst the bridge, that is, It destroyed the bridge 100 percent and the community was cut off. That is the big concern,” said Mayor Murillo.
With damage to the structure About 17 villages, inhabited by about 7,000 people, cannot be mobilized. This also affects the residents of the Saiza district, in Tierralta (Córdoba) who leave through the Antioquia municipality.
Carlos Duarte Jaramillo, cocoa producer, called on the Government to seek a prompt solution to the damage, since the territory that left incommunicado is where the municipality’s agricultural pantry is located.
“We have quite big problems such as the transportation of our products, because the upper part of Carepa is the agricultural pantry of our municipality, “All products will suffer the consequences,” said the producer.
Horacio Gallón Arango, Secretary of Infrastructure of Antioquia, explained that Work progresses with Carepa Public Works officials to determine the most immediate action and be able to enable passage through the sector again.
What happened with the bridge was reported to the director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, Carlos Carrillo, who was asked to install a military bridge while the one that was destroyed by the tributary is being rebuilt.
