Government of Pará visits sanitation works of COP30 at the Mártir canal
Investments in the sector reach R$1 billion to improve the lives of Belém residents
The Vice Governor of Pará and president of the state committee for COP30, Hana Ghassan, visited the Mártir canal this Friday (21) to monitor the progress of the reconstruction works, which are part of the preparation of the capital of Pará, Belém, for the UN Climate Conference that will take place in November this year.
"The works are happening at an accelerated pace and will change the lives of thousands of people with a complete service, which includes rectification of the canal, drainage, sewage, paving with horizontal and vertical signage, bridges for safer crossings, and a water network," said the vice governor.
Known on the street as an informal "fiscal" of the works, 67-year-old retiree Raimunda Maria dos Santos joyfully notices the changes brought by the arrival of sanitation in her street.
"We have been waiting for this benefit for 30 years, we spent all this time dreaming of this work, which finally came." She, who wakes up early every day and prepares to fulfill a personal ritual: bringing juices and refreshments to the workers of SEOP who are working on the project, says that in the past the place was just mud and suffered from flooding. "We who moved here started to help each other. Now it's another world, it even feels like I'm in Doca," jokes the retiree.
For freelancer Vanessa de Carvalho, who has lived in the region for 40 years, with the work, they will be living on a street free from the problems faced by the family in the past.
"This work will bring many benefits. We had problems with flooding, lack of basic sanitation, now it will be perfect. In the past, there were floods, it would fill up, snakes and frogs would come in, it was dangerous and scary. Imagine turning on a shower and seeing a snake coiled around the faucet? It was scary, but now it will improve 100%," she celebrates.
