The agricultural sector is among those that suffer most from the rains in RS

A survey by the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) shows that the impact caused by the rains that hit Rio Grande do Sul in recent days resulted in significant losses in the countryside. The sector is among the most affected by the storms. To date, R$435 million in losses have been recorded. According to the CNM, the values ​​are partial and are being changed by local managers as the water level continues to fall.

Livestock (R$ 134.7 million), industry (R$ 92 million), local businesses (R$ 37.5 million) and other services (R$ 52.2 million) are also on the list of sectors with large losses in production.

The secretary of regional development of Rio Grande do Sul, Beto Fantinel, says that he is intensifying work so that municipalities seek to receive the resources in the shortest possible time.

“We are discussing with the Ministry of Social Development Ordinance 90, which is an agile and quick activation mechanism, which transfers 20 thousand reais to every 50 people who need shelter. So, the municipalities fill out a document, we made a complete simplification, a formal model so that we can do it quickly”, he explains.

With the calamity decree, the secretary reminds that municipalities can seek to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. “These municipalities just need to forward the documents and they will start receiving shelter assistance”, he reinforces.

Damaged municipalities

According to the CNM, the numbers are frightening. In total, 388 municipalities are affected, according to the State Civil Defense. Of these, 336 were recognized by the state and federal governments in a State of Public Calamity, by summary rite, of which 159 registered the decrees in S2iD.

It is important to highlight that most of the municipalities that registered their abnormality decrees in S2iD, from MIDR, began to inform the values ​​of damages and losses, since in some locations water levels have already started to drop.

In the latest update from the state Civil Defense, 90 deaths have already been recorded; 470 missing; 48 thousand homeless; 283.7 thousand homeless; 361 injured and 1.4 million Gauchos affected. Cruzeiro do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, Santa Maria and Lajeados have recorded the highest number of confirmed deaths.