CDL Santa Cruz held a monthly meeting with members on the evening of this Wednesday, the 15th, when an assessment was made of the situation of store owners in the face of the flood that has devastated the State since the beginning of the month and which has been causing major disruption to the entire community. population.
The regional Civil Police delegate, Luciano Fernandes Menezes, participated in the assembly and explained the actions of the State Government in the region and explained that the situation was very complicated and required joint efforts to, initially, save lives at risk.
“The second step, now, is to rebuild the affected areas. The logistics area was greatly affected and it will take time for many cities to recover. A continuous union of efforts is needed, from all levels, in order to get people’s lives back on track,” he said.
Calamity
President Ricardo Fernando Bartz took stock of the actions taken jointly by the entity together with the RS Retail Federation, which held an emergency meeting last week in Santa Cruz do Sul, of the RS Retail Federation together with the National Confederation of Managers Shopkeepers (CNDL) to assess the effects of the calamity in the State and discuss actions to aid commerce, retail and services.
Ricardo explained that CNDL is carrying out a national campaign and engaging all states, via PIX, where the resources raised will be used as emergency income, or direct injection into local retail.
Another initiative, according to Bartz, is via the RS Retail Federation, a survey of the most urgent demands of commerce in each city, so that the entity can help store owners to get back on their feet. “There are operations that have been severely impacted and will practically have to start from scratch. The participation of businesspeople is crucial to better direct our aid and recovery efforts”, he explains. The survey for retailers can be accessed at the link
