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Water & Waste – Brazil – Minas Gerais to request US$814mn for reconstruction, flood prevention
Southeastern Brazil’s Minas Gerais state governor Antonio Anastasia will request at least 1.5bn reais (US$814mn) in funding from the federal government on Tuesday (Jan 10) to support flood prevention, reconstruction and sanitation work.
The state aims to rebuild areas that were damaged by recent heavy rain and flooding. Work will include bridge construction, slope contention, drainage works and urban infrastructure improvements, federal news service Agкncia Brasil reported.
The state’s priority is to repair damaged roads and fully restore water supply and electrical power services, Anastasia said, adding that disaster prevention projects will be carried out during a second phase.
The governor has already met with national integration minister Fernando Bezerra and transport minister Paulo Sйrgio Passos to discuss reconstruction work. The recent rains damaged 205 bridges, as well as stretches of federal highways BR-040 and BR-356 between the cities of Belo Horizonte and Ouro Preto.
The federal government has already released 482mn reais in emergency funds for the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. In Minas Gerais, 87 municipalities are under emergency alert, some 10,000 people have been forced from their homes and eight have died.
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