At 5:30 am this Monday, April 6, the overflow of the dam occurred. Caregato, This is because the water levels exceeded the earth barriers. Situation to which the inhabitants of the municipality of San Jacinto del Caucathey are concerned because this excess water will affect the municipalities of Bolivar, Sucreamong others.
Caregato Dam-Photo taken from Blu Radio
Situation that occurs after 2 months before, the closure of the dam had been achieved, which for 3 years had different cracks along its length, which caused it to finally break.
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The former mayor of Saint Benedict Abbot Manuel Cadrazcostated that this situation has been postponed since 2021, stating that there are 50 cubic meters of water, which will affect the different areas of the department, and the surrounding sectors.
Let us remember that this situation puts the Caregato dam, puts more than 250,000 farmers against a rock and a hard place, who with this overflow will lose all their crops and will see their livelihood affected, which is why they have long requested the construction of reinforcement. of the jarillondelayed due to lack of payments.
What had the authorities mentioned about Caregato?
The chronicle of a death foretold was the situation with the dam, because on April 28, 2024, the Attorney General’s Office, stated and reported on the situation experienced in this sector of Cauca; especially that water continued to leak in this region, despite the efforts made.
Likewise, he mentioned that the dam that was suffering damage was an old construction, which had a perimeter of approximately 150 meters, but that it lacks geocontainers to resist the pressure of the water, in the same way, commented the Attorney General’s Office that made the respective called the UNGRDto take appropriate actions in the area.
Unfortunately, he also reported that due to payments to suppliers and handlers of the Community Pots program in the area, which would explain the brake on the work among the inhabitants of this region.
