About two months ago, the couple Danilo Hiedt and Liana Maria de Quadros lives in a concrete containerwhere a new residential neighborhood will be built in Cruzeiro do Sul, in the Taquari Valley, one of the most devastated regions of Rio Grande do Sul in the Floods of May 2024.
Before that, They went through other shelters and lived in the house of relatives. Almost a year after the catastrophe, they remember in detail of the hours of horror that lived in the rural area of the municipality, on the banks of the Taquari Riverwhich surpassed the flood quota of 30 meters above the normal bed in the early days of May.
“There came everything out of drag, everything we had, the whole house, breeding animals, such as canga oxen, tools,” said the 65 -year -old, in conversation with to Brazil agency.
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They resisted for hours in a canoe or on the lining of the house until they are rescued. Liane had operated on the femur and still wore crutches. She spent the dawn inside a vessel.
“I had to take my medicines and drank the water from the flood. There was only time to catch four bergamotes from the foot, which we divided to eat. It was just what it had,” said the 64 -year -old survivor.
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THE couple managed to save the family, including, daughter, son -in -law and granddaughters, But some friends and neighbors have lost their lives.
Much of the 184 dead in the floods last year in Rio Grande do Sul are in the region, 13 only in Cruzeiro do Sul. And there are still two dozen missing, according to the State Civil Defense.
The new subdivision, which is being built by the State Government, in partnership with the City Hall, is on the upper part of the city and will be called New Passo da Estrela, in honor of the neighborhood that was completely destroyed by the force of the current last year.
THE It is expected that the first definitive houses, of the 480 planned, will be delivered at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, these temporary houseswith 27 square meters (m²), are composed of dormitory, living room and kitchen and bathroombesides furniture, such as table, closet, bed, bunk and appliances of the white line.
The delivery of temporary houses marked the closure of collective shelters in the municipality.
“You can put my land here, which I just through the street. We have to play, do what. Crying I already cried what comes. I saved my family, we managed to save everyone,” said Liana, who now expects for better days.
Both received the Federal Government's reconstruction assistance, in the amount of R $ 5.1 thousand, which helped recover part of the material losses.
In another container, Edevar Porto da Cruz, 67, expects the next change to be for permanent housing. “The governor (Eduardo Leite) was there this week, said that by the end of the year they will deliver a little (of the houses) and then until another year (delivers the rest),” he noted.
Only in the municipality of South Cruise, 1,109 houses were destroyed. In addition to the new neighborhood, the program My House, Minha Vida, from the Federal Government, provides for the delivery of 500 housing unitswhich will still be built.
Others 50 families have also been contemplated with assisted purchasea modality of the federal program that grants up to R $ 200 thousand for the direct purchase of an existing property.
Memorial park
In a lower part of Cruzeiro do Sul, very close to the Taquari River, the scenario after the tragedy was apocalyptic, with houses, cars and posts totally destroyed. This was where the Estrela Passo, full neighborhood, with school, church and health center was there.
Now what you see is an open field of dirt. The machines still work to demolish what is left of the destroyed houses. THE place will give way to a memorial parkwith vegetation area, equipment for sports and tribute to those who died in the catastrophe.
Of the few houses that were not banned in the area where the neighborhood was, is the property of José Claudio Lenhardt, 71, and his wife Rosane Lenhardt, 67. They are among the last residents therebut they should not remain.
“It's no use staying here with this flood concern, going and back,” Rosane told Brazil agency.
“We work a lifetime to bring something together and have a better future and lose overnight, it's not easy,” said José Claudio.
THE couple had a small pottery on the next ground, which was knocked down by the waters. They will move to another subdivision in the city, acquired with their own resources, in partnership with other neighbors and friends, who is currently receiving plumbing and access to the electricity network.
She agrees with the extinction of the neighborhood.
“Now that it has started everything, it's good that no one else comes back,” said Rosane.
Housing demand
In the Taquari Valley region, the situation of families who lost their homes is varied, but most still await a definitive home.
In Staraccording to the city, the number of families contemplated with social rent is in 516. About 100 houses began to be built by my house, my lifeand there is still the forecast of 800 properties by the same program.
Another 60 families are being contemplated with the assisted purchase. From the state government, the forecast is to build 108 houses in the municipality, which are in different stages of progress.
In Mucumthe municipal government informed the report that it has three new housing subdivisions in safe areas, outside the flood zone.
“All are new land, never before used, two expropriated by the municipality and one by the state government,” the city said in a statement.
Through My house, my life calamityfocused on rural areas, the municipality of Muçum reported that it was Contemplated with 17 homeswhich should be ready in up to six months and will be built on land outside the flood spot.
In the municipality of Slabone of the most populous and prosperous of the Taquari Valley, about 500 families receive social rental calamity While awaiting definitive residences for housing programs, the city said. Since July 2024, there are no more active shelters in the city,
“There are about 700 definitive houses planned for Lajeado through housing programs of governments and private initiatives for September 2023 and May 2024. There are six residences delivered by an NGO. The others are in the administrative or under construction,” said the municipal management.
In MiddleMayor Sidnei Eckert informed the Brazil agency that Demand is for 700 new houses. “Federal and state governments are partners, but bureaucracy consumes a lot of time,” he complained.
The municipality did not have balance about the progress of the reallocation initiatives of those who lost their homes.