Piura. The city of Malingas in the district of Tambogrande is one of the isolated cities with the highest number of victims, according to the latest reports, as the rains continue in northern Peru. For this reason, the former striker of the Universitario de Deportes Roberto “Malingas” Jiménez He expressed concern because the population has not been able to stock up on food for more than a month due to isolation.
“So far we cannot cross the river, no help has arrived, we have been there for more than a month and people cannot go shopping. Everything is expensive, there is no money and people cannot work. There is no help from the government, nothing, the authorities don’t show up, the mayors or the regional government of Piura,” he said Former player of Lanús from Argentina.
In this regard, the Municipality of Tambogrande pointed out in a statement that, given the flooding of the San Francisco Gorge, humanitarian aid such as food has been brought to Malingas, which is one of the hardest hit areas due to its isolation. “We are currently coordinating a humanitarian aid with the Air Force while continuing to call for the Airlift because these floods are ongoing and the population cannot remain without supplies,” the statement said.
Likewise, the mayor of the city, Segundo Meléndez, pointed out that “we take food such as water for human consumption from the community and coordinate with the army to serve the population”.