São Sebastião transfers homeless people to a hotel chain

The City Hall of São Sebastião, on the north coast of São Paulo, informed, this Sunday (5), that the transfers to the local hotel chain of 938 people made homeless by the heavy rains that hit the region on February 19 were completed. They were housed in ten public schools and have now been taken to around 30 hotels and inns on the southern and central coast of the municipality, where they will continue to receive three meals a day. The municipal administration stressed that, with the transfer of the homeless, schools are now free to resume classes. On Saturday (4), the Civil Defense began carrying out Operation Dismantle in the municipality, to investigate the buildings that are condemned. So far, 70 houses in Vila Sahy, the region that suffered the most damage from the rains, and nine in the Itatinga neighborhood have been definitively interdicted. According to the city hall, the number of condemned residences is still imprecise since many properties still need to be evaluated by the Environmental Research Institute (IPA). The demolition of houses considered irrecoverable also does not have a date to occur. “The dismantling of condemned residences is considered complex and there is no forecast for its conclusion, since, in many cases, the work will be done manually”, informs a bulletin released by the city hall. The municipal administration also informed that, since Thursday (2), it has been carrying out earthworks in three of the eight lands indicated to the state government for the construction of houses that will be destined to the victims of the catastrophe. There are two plots of land in Topolândia, measuring 8,900 square meters and 3,500 m²; and one in Vila Sahy, with 10,600 m². “This last one [Vila Sahy], it is a flat and safe area where the Housing and Urban Development Company of the State of São Paulo (CDHU) will implement a housing program for low-income families, aimed at assisting residents of affected risk areas and who have lost their homes. houses in the catastrophe”, informed the city hall. According to the state government, so far, 65 deaths have been confirmed: 64 in São Sebastião and one in Ubatuba (SP). 57 bodies have already been identified and released for burial: 21 adult men, 17 adult women and 19 children. The Secretary of State for Health reported that four people are still hospitalized at the Regional Hospital of the North Coast (HRLN), in Caraguatatuba. Their state of health is stable. 19 patients have already been discharged from hospital and five were transferred to other hospital units.

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