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20 000 damnificados por las inundaciones en Valle de Chalco

Title of entry:
20 000 damnificados por las inundaciones en Valle de Chalco
Type of eviction:
Natural disasters or hazards
Region:
Americas
Country:
Mexico
City:
Valle de Chalco
Neighbourhood:
San Isidro, Avándaro, El Triunfo, Unión de Guadalupe
Name of community or family threatened with eviction:
San Isidro, Avándaro, El Triunfo, Unión de Guadalupe
Estimated number of people affected (in figures):
20000
Type of tenure:
Owners , Tenants
Economic characteristics:
Various
Social characteristics:
Women-headed households
Age group:
Various
Case history:
El la madrugada del 5 de Febrero de 2010 las aguas negras del canal La Compañia inundaron partes del municipio de Valle de Chalco por un desbordamiento de dicho canal.
20 000 damnificados, 1600 viviendas y 360 negocios están afectados. La falta de comida, de agua potable, servicios de transporte y de la salud dificulta la condición de los damnificados que están refugiados en albergues temporales.
Scale of responsibility:
Local , National
Violations of international legislation:
International Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) , International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (art. 5) , International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Reasons given for eviction (official and unofficial) :
El desbordamiento del 5 de Febrero de 2010 del canal La Compañía provocó que las aguas negras inundaran partes de Valle de Chalco.
Main events in the eviction (date, year, time):
Las intensas lluvias del principio de Febrero causaron el desbordamiento del canal La Compañía.
Authorities planning or carrying out the eviction:
Ejército mexicano, la Agencia de Seguridad Estatal y la policía municipal
Organisations involved, their strengths and weaknesses, and their position on the problem :
no hay
Agencies, NGOs or other organisations providing support to the community affected:
no hay
Measures taken or proposed by community members and/or organisations supporting them to resist eviction and/or find alternative solutions:
no hay
Options or possible solutions proposed by local or national authorities for the communities affected:
Compensation
Future strategies or measures proposed to deal with this case or other evictions :
Reconstrucción de las zonas afectadas
Important future dates (specify what and when: day, month, year) :
no hay
Source of information (name, address and nature of involvement) :
Maren Rottler
UCISV-Ver
Circuito Presidentes 62
Colonia Emiliano Zapata
Xalapa
Organsiations(s) providing information :
UCISV-Ver
Relationship of community organisations involved with IAI:
None
Update:
23/02/2010
Date of complaint:
23 de Febrero de 2010
Editor:
Maren Rottler