Cuban province most affected by hurricane Ian progresses in its recovery

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Dec 23 (ACN) Erasing the traces of Hurricane Ian, category three on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will continue to be one of the main tasks in Pinar del Rio(westernmost Cuban province) in 2023, Yamile Ramos Cordero, first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, assured today.

We have recovered 18,769 houses, 99 % of the energy services for the residential and state sector, and work continues in the agricultural system in the preparation of lands, sowing and recovery of facilities, said , who is also member of the Central Committee of the Party.

During the provincial act for the 64th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, she indicated that the work must be done faster to achieve the expected results.

No one can feel that they are forgotten or that their problem will not be solved, and that is the responsibility of all of us who are in charge of the leadership of this province, she said.

Ramos Cordero highlighted the feat carried out by the people of Pinar del Rio in the recovery from the powerful hydrometeorological event that hit the province last September 27, and the support of all Cuba in that effort and affirmed that 2023 will be a crucial year for the recovery; but with the effort of the humble and hard-working people of the territory.