The city collapsed in the rains. 120 000 locals suffered from lack of electricity. In others, the water reached up to their waists. Macri's administration the water reached his neck. The city government almost drowned in excuses and only three acts of government provided assistance to affected locals.
The two heavy rains that fell on the City of Buenos Aires, flooded several neighborhoods rather than the usual. 120 000 users were the lack of light. Services were paralyzed trains and subways. The highways became impassable and traffic Buenos Aires became a mess. Many cars were stranded and literally covered by water. Material losses in homes and businesses hit by the storm are priceless and more than a hundred traffic lights stopped working. Many people trying to reach their homes crossing streets with waist-deep water clinging to a rope if they had fate could access the services of a single boat ready for the transfer of pedestrians. The newly appointed Metropolitan Police, established on JBJusto and Sante Fe avenues, trying without success, to define an exclusive lane for the use of pot.
While the city was flooded, the Head of Government Mauricio Macri and Rodriguez Larreta chief of staff, floated in the media, attributing blame to others. They said the National Weather Service gave no warning time, blamed irresponsible to the neighbors for taking out the trash before the rain, they used the tired trick of blaming previous governments, charged into the waters of Buenos Aires and even blamed God's fury download climate. When excuses were drowned and exhausted, did not hesitate to warn and to assert that God's will can not do much.
raid in the media and as the water kept rising, they kept out flanged assistance from the city government to the victims. The support can be summarized in just three actions of government. Announced the grant of subsidies, ordering the 1575 Act to these cases, while highlighting the top 5 thousand pesos, which at the time called them absurd. But did not clarify that the cap was suggested time by the legislature of PRO, author of the initiative, which was approved some time ago by the legislature. Finally, after a week of the fall of the first downpour, and in order to dampen criticism of the administration, the city government increased its subsidy to 8 thousand dollars. The second action was led government and launched by Mauricio Macri himself, calling through the Twitter network that people do not take out the garbage. And finally bring peace to the locals, saying that in the middle of next year, with the work of Maldonado, whose contractor is headed by a relative of him, will end the flooding.
The truth is that the storm could be surprised if any lack of warning of the MTF, but it is equally true that Macri had already rejected notices. A report of the Auditor General of the City, in December, he predicted the events of this week, following expert opinion on the state of drains and water works. Two months earlier, a legislative bloc, had denounced the tremendous under-performance (less than 30%), and storm water works, in exchange for over-running on sidewalks, paving, beautification of the environment, etc. In short they took money and storm water projects, to spend on what you see with the naked eye.
neighborhoods that have flooded that never flooded like Caballito, San Telmo and Flores, is the confirmation of the lack of investment in infrastructure and the inefficiency of maintaining both in cleaning and repairing drains in pluviales.Macri among many other promises, said that would solve the flooding problem and promised to build 10 km of subway lines by year. In 26 months in office, the results are obvious. The city is flooded. Macri only talks.
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