Voices from the Enriquillo region demand that authorities reactivate work on the Monte Grande Dam Multiple Project.
The general manager of the UASD-Barahona campus, Manuel Antonio de la Cruz Fernández, has expressed concern about the project being discontinued; the pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Ángel Cuevas; Senator José del Castillo Saviñón: the former candidate for deputy Carlos García, and the agricultural leader Manuel Pérez (Manuel Lemba).
They agree that the government, chaired by President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, should explain to the region why the project dubbed “the Southwest Metro” was paralyzed.
The Monte Grande Dam Multiple Project (PMPM), which is in charge of the Andrade Gutiérrez Consortium, remains paralyzed, although one of the points was worked on yesterday (Tuesday), but it had no impact, a source said in return. was entrusted to Listín Daily. to protect your identity.
The voices that demand the work
Father Cuevas is concerned about the work stoppage and calls on President Abinader to catch up on payment to contractors so work can resume.
“All this worries us because it means a lot to our southern area, the Monte Grande dam. Let’s raise our voices, we’re raising the alarm so the work can resume, ”he stated.
He affirmed that paralyzing the project creates a “dam” that slows down the development of this area, requiring decades of construction of the important work that will positively impact agriculture, as well as the wrath of nature in any cyclonic season.
In the budget
The Senator for this Southern Province, José del Castillo Saviñón, demanded that President Luis Abinader and the director of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi), Olmedo Caba, explain why the Monte Grande project was discontinued.
Del Castillo Saviñón, who made the claim by exhausting a turnaround in the session of the Senate of the Republic this Tuesday, asked for an explanation of the situation, following information from Listín Diario last Saturday that Monte Grande had once again been shut down for lack of resources. .
He recalled that Congress approved in the general state budget this year to allocate funds to complete the work, plus 250 million from the Nation General Fund, as well as the loan approved by the Central American Investment Bank CABEI.
Del Castillo Saviñón confirms that by putting the money approved to complete the work on the Monte Grande dam in pesos, the sum will be EUR 4,293 million, “which is being considered in this year’s budget for the project” .
Life and hope
The teacher Manuel Antonio De La Cruz Fernández He said that given the social and economic impact that is on the region, the Monte Grande press, the main upper-level academy in the region, is asking President Abinader to use his leadership to resume the work of the important project. .
De La Cruz Fernández said Monte Grande means “life and hope” for the provinces that make up the Enriquillo region.as it positively impacts the economic, social and environmental, especially – he points out – it will contain nature’s wrath during every cyclonic season that destroys lives, as well as property, mainly in the communities in the lower areas. catchment area of the river Yaque del Sur.
Bury hope
Former Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidate Carlos García said the hopes of those living in the Enriquillo region are “buried” as work on the Monte Grande dam is halted.
“The abandonment is a sign of the collapse of the hopes of the inhabitants of this region, to see the dream of decades become a reality, to achieve a better standard of living with the construction of the dam,” said the former regional director. from the ministry. of Public Works.
Agricultural producers
Manuel Pérez (Manuel Lemba), an agricultural producer in the area and part of the organizations in the region demanding the completion of the Monte Grande dam, said the concern is along with enough water to irrigate farmland by gravity. and face the moments of drought.