Mayor of Jaguariaíva declares emergency situation after rains

The City of Jaguariaíva decreed an emergency situation in the areas of the municipality affected by intense rains and consecutive storms. The announcement was made by prefeito Juca Sloboda on Tuesday (27). The decree of no 788/2026 has already been approved by the State Government of Paraná.

According to the mayor, the excess rainfall has caused significant damage in the country, in the state and in the municipality, hindering actions of the city, such as works, conservation of streets, drains and rural roads.

“Everyone knows the effects there, which is being very damaging to our country, to our state and here to our municipality as well. The excessive rainfall has hindered the city in many actions, many works, especially in the conservation of streets, of the drains and in the conservation of the roads," said Juca.

The mayor pointed out that the losses extend to rural producers, in the midst of wheat harvesting and soybean planting. “In addition to the City Hall, this weather, this excess of rain has greatly hindered our rural producers. We are in full wheat harvest, soybean planting, chicken farms, pig farms, dairy farmers, everyone suffering losses," he said.

According to Juca Sloboda, the measure was taken at the request of the Rural Union, which sought the municipality requesting collaboration to support the affected properties. "The rural union came to us asking for the collaboration of the municipality, the declaration of an emergency situation on the roads of the municipality due to these losses that the producers, our farms, our sites, the personnel are in production, both in the harvest and also at the time of planting," he explained.

Objective of the Decree

The mayor clarified that the decree has two main objectives: to request resources from the State to recover the infrastructure and to help producers to guarantee benefits.

"We made the decree declaring an emergency situation in the areas of the municipality affected by the consecutive storms of intense rains. So we made the decree 788/2026 and that decree has already been approved by the State of Paraná,” he added. "People, to request resources from the State Government for the conservation and recovery of roads and streets, which has recourse to this, and also to collaborate with rural producers on the issue of crop insurance, on the issue of extension of financing that they will ask for by virtue of the losses," he added.

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