A crisis room that monitors the impacts of the collapse of the bridge over the Tocantins River meets, this Thursday (26), to discuss the consequences of the accident.
The meeting is organized by the National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA) and will take place virtually. The meeting should discuss the impacts of the accident that occurred last Sunday (22), between the states of Tocantins and Maranhão, and .
In addition to ANA, representatives of the National Electric System Operator (ONS), the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Brazilian Geological System (SGB) and the National Department of Transport Infrastructure ( Dnit).
Representatives from the Ministries of Environment, Health and Integration and Regional Development should also participate in the meeting, as well as members of the National Center for Monitoring and Alerting of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) and state bodies from Maranhão, Tocantins and Pará.
Water quality and searches
On Wednesday (25), ANA released a newsletter attesting that, to date,
According to ANA, trucks carrying pesticides and other chemical compounds fell into the river at the time of the collapse. Therefore, the agency and other health and environmental bodies carry out assessments of water quality.
The e does not compromise the search for the missing.
Collapse
The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge, located over the Tocantins River, on BR-226/TO, connects the cities of Estreito (MA) and Aguiarnópolis (TO). The structure collapsed on Sunday. However, months before the incident, residents and authorities in the region were already denouncing the need for repairs to the bridge.
The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (Dnit) informed, in a note released on Monday (23), that it was aware of the need for rehabilitation work on the bridge that collapsed between the states of Maranhão and Tocantins.
According to the department, in May this year, a tender for approximately R$13 million was launched to hire a specialized company to prepare preliminary studies, basic and executive engineering projects, and also carry out rehabilitation works on the bridge. However, according to Dnit, no company won the competition and the bid “was failed”.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport stated that the Navy is closely monitoring the search process for the missing. Vessels use Side Scan Sonar – equipment used to map the bottom of bodies of water – to locate crashed vehicles.
The six deaths already confirmed were:
- Anisio Padilha Soares, 43 years old
- Silvana dos Santos Rocha Soares, 53 years old
- Lorena Rodrigues Ribeiro, 25 years old
- Lorrane Cidronio de Jesus, 11 years old
- Kecio Francisco Santos Lopes, 42 years old
- Andreia Maria de Souza, 45 years old
See the list of the 11 people who are still missing:
1 – Beroaldo dos Santos, 51 years old
2 – Alessandra do Socorro Ribeiro, 50 years old
3 – Salmon Alves Santos, 65 years old
4 – Felipe Giuvannuci Ribeiro, 10 years old
5 – Cássia de Sousa Tavares, 34 years old
6 – Cecília Tavares Rodrigues, 3 years old
7 – Marçon Gley Ferreira
8 – Osmarina da Silva Carvalho, 48 years old
9 – Gesimar Ferreira, 38 years old
10 – Ailson Gomes Carneiro, 57 years old
11 – Elisangela Santos das Chagas, 50 years old
