{"id":501255,"date":"2026-03-01T20:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/government-to-compensate-families-affected-by-joba-river-flood-in-gaspar-hernandez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:42:43","slug":"government-to-compensate-families-affected-by-joba-river-flood-in-gaspar-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/government-to-compensate-families-affected-by-joba-river-flood-in-gaspar-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to compensate families affected by Joba River flood in Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"President L<strong>uis Abinader<\/strong> ordered the immediate intervention of the affected areas in the municipality of Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez, after the intense rains caused the Joba River to overflow. During a tour of the impacted areas, the president spoke with residents and merchants to verify the damage and announced compensation for those who registered losses.\n\nAbinader explained that several houses cannot be rebuilt because they are located in vulnerable areas, so their occupants will receive special assistance to relocate.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Abinader visits areas impacted by floods in Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez\">http:\/\/Abinader visits areas impacted by floods in Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\u201cWe don&#8217;t do anything by rebuilding a house in the same place if the tragedy can repeat itself in two years,\u201d he expressed.\n\nThe Head of State also instructed the director of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi), Olmedo Caba, to build a gabion wall to protect the communities from future floods, as well as to carry out upstream interventions and improvements in the storm drainage. The creation of a promenade to reinforce security in the area is also planned.\n\nThe president attributed the intensity of the rains to the effects of climate change, noting that the rainfall occurs in shorter periods and with greater force, a phenomenon that \u2014he affirmed\u2014 obliges the Government to act quickly and focus on structural solutions.\n\nHe also reported that the State&#8217;s Economic Dining Halls maintain constant assistance to guarantee food to the affected families, while the quantification of damages is carried out to define the amounts destined for reconstruction and compensation.\n\nPrior to the tour, Abinader led a meeting with national and municipal authorities to coordinate the response, after receiving reports of damage to Primary Care Centers and school infrastructure, whose immediate intervention was ordered.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader ordered the immediate intervention of the affected areas in the municipality of Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez, after the intense rains caused the Joba River to overflow. During a tour of the impacted areas, the president spoke with residents and merchants to verify the damage and announced compensation for those who registered losses. 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