7,000 families need to be relocated

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The Ministry of Environment and the National Council of Urban Affairs (Conau) have delivered a report to President Leonel Fernandez recommending that 7,000 families need to be relocated from vulnerable areas, as reported in Diario Libre. The government departments have identified 20 high-risk areas considered unsuitable for human habitation. These include areas alongside the Ozama River, where some 3,000 families still live, areas in Palo Verde, Monte Cristi that are affected by the flooding of the Yaque del Norte River, areas in San Cristobal, affected by the flooding of Nigua river, as well as Duey in Villa Altagracia and La Jura in Azua. Other areas along the Camu River in La Vega, Barrio El Riito and Panti Flojo in Nagua, Jaquimeyes in Barahona, Hacienda Estrella in Santo Domingo Norte, and Bajos del Yuna in Duarte, were also highlighted.

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