Pinheiro: DC states that there is no conclusive report or evidence of collapse

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The streets of Pinheiro recurrently crack

Expectations, information about inadequacies and intense panic. This has been the daily life of the inhabitants of the Pinheiro district, in the capital Alagoas. The tragedy began in March of last year, after a seismic jolt of more than 2 points on the Ritcher scale and resulted in the opening of a series of cracks and cracks in the neighborhood.

several entities are studying the phenomenon, which may be related to the neighborhood's own land, to the salgema extraction as well as to the dolina (which can form in urban areas, due to leaks in water distribution or sewage collection systems or These events may lead to underground erosion and the collapse of streets and sidewalks.

Despite ongoing studies, information on areas risk of a higher degree of gravity led to: the neighborhood escape, in addition to widespread panic.In this second, 14, among other rumors and alleged technical reports, the civil defense of Maceió and the Geological Service of Brazil published a joint official note:

The Civil Defense of Maceió and the Geological Service of Brazil inform that there is no conclusive report indicating the cause of the Appearance of cracks in the district of Pinheiro. Studies in the region are underway with specialists from various federally designated regions, whose closure is still not being considered and which are complex because of the rarity of the phenomenon. Thus, it is wrong to give any information regarding an alleged collapse situation in the neighborhood. The Civil Defense of Maceió ordered the citizen, as information, to search for official channels of information on the website of the municipality of Maceió via the link _www.maceio.al.gov.br/ defesacivil_ or under the number 0800 030 6205. Last Friday (11), the municipality of Maceió announced that the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, after signing an emergency decree proposed by the municipality, had decided that the federal government would take the necessary measures to speed up the identification of the phenomenon that caused the appearance of cracks in the real estate and public roads of Pinheiro.

The Civil Defense also began registering families residing in areas considered critical, such as the Divaldo Suruagy complex. A meeting has been convened for Monday 14th at 7 pm at Praça Menino Jesus de Praça, where residents will discuss the situation.