The Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrichled a meeting this Saturday in the city of July 9 with mayors and authorities of the most affected areas for the floods in the Province of Buenos Aireswhich is estimated to have covered millions of hectares with water. There, together with the injured, he promised to expand assistance to $1.9 billion, materials and equipment.
“The importance of prioritizing first the recovery and strengthening of roads, accesses, and entry to towns,” defined the national authorities, within the framework of the visit of the elected national senator.
Bullrich met with the mayors María José Gentile (July 9); Salvador Serenal (Lincoln); Franco Flexas (General Viamonte); Sergio Barenghi (Energetic); and Daniel Stadnik (Carlos Casares), accompanied by the head of the Federal Emergency Agency (AFE), Santiago Hardieand the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Sergio Iraeta. Provincial officials also participated, such as the Undersecretary of Water Affairs, and representatives of the Water Authority and the Buenos Aires Ministry of Agrarian Affairs.
The recent rains were reportedly “double what was expected for this time” and exceeded the 500 millimetersa situation considered historic, since the last time similar rainfall had been recorded was in 1970.
In the dialogue with the mayors, Bullrich said: “We have talked about short-term issues, such as fixing the roads and medium and long-term problems, which is the great work of the Salado (river), which is what could channel the water.” During the meeting, it was agreed expansion of the Emergency Committee and the need to “work in an orderly manner and together at the three levels of government, local, provincial and national.”
Bullrich detailed the immediate assistance planned: “In the short term, we come here with machinery, the Argentine Army comes, National Highways. The Federal Emergency Agency is in charge of everything.” Furthermore, in dialogue with the channel TNconfirmed the shipment of direct resources to affected municipalities: “There will also be direct aid of 1.9 billion pesos. They will go to the municipalities according to the level of flooding.”
Regarding the situation of the productive sector, he specified: “A line of credits at Banco Nación“There is a special credit with a single signature for all producers and a postponement of payments between November and December so that they can accommodate themselves.”
Regarding the structural works, Bullrich reported on the reopening of the tender for dredging and resumption of unfinished works in Section 4 of the Rio Salado Master Plansuspended at the end of 2023 due to lack of resources. “Stage 4 of the work in the Salado basin was started by the national government in September 2025. We hope to finish it in one year and in the next stage it will be up to the province of Buenos Aires,” he commented.
Part of the actions defined at the meeting include the deployment of National Roads and the active collaboration of Argentine Army. The force’s engineering corps will deploy 25 people and equipment, working under the coordination of the AFE.
National resources will be used to purchase stones, fuel and other materials for road repair, through agreements that the Ministry of Agriculture will sign with the municipalities.
The emergency operation is currently focused on the town of Urdampilletadistrict of San Carlos de Bolívar, where the storm caused extensive damage and affected both urban and rural areas, complicating access and the supply of essential services, according to local sources.
This Saturday, the minister avoided criticizing the governor Axel Kicillof for the management of the crisis, as he did throughout the week, which he described as “a disorder” the intervention of the Buenos Aires authorities. In contrast, the mayor of 9 de Julio, María José Gentile (PRO), highlighted the joint support received from both the provincial and national governments.
“We are of a different political color from the Province, and the Province has been present. For me it is very valuable, and for the productive sector as well, that every fifteen days officials from Hydraulics, the Water Authority and Roads come to extend a hand to us,” he said in dialogue with Infobae live.
Producers will have tax relief until the situation normalizes. Until February 2026, the Agricultural Emergency for the affected parties, which will allow them to postpone the payment of national taxes. However, the frequent flooding in the areas for decades are postcards that are repeated, where substantive improvements are conspicuous by their absence.
