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CDMX Increases Gran Canal Discharge to 20% and Distributes 18 Million Pesos in Flood Relief

With seasonal rains forecast to persist through September, agencies are mobilizing pumps, carrying out desazolves, planning inspections of subsidence-damaged drains.

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Overview

  • The city government and federal agencies have revised metropolitan drainage protocols to raise the share of Gran Canal flow into the Túnel Emisor Oriente from about 2% to 20%.
  • Officials have begun distributing approximately 18.03 million pesos in provisional cash aid to around 1,343–1,455 households in Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano Carranza and Iztacalco, with amounts scaled to flood depths.
  • Operativo Tlaloque Reforzado has deployed engineers, technicians, 114 vehicles and hydropneumatic pumps to extract water from flooded dwellings and clear drainage inlets.
  • Teams are conducting detailed inspections to identify subsidence-damaged collectors, planning desazolves on the Río de los Remedios and designing a new floodwater pumping station.
  • Authorities warn that continued heavy rains will heighten downstream flood risks in parts of the State of México as they balance expanded outflow capacity with potential impacts.