On the morning of this Sunday, May 12, the governor of Tolima arrived with machinery to the affected area in Pico de Oro.
Emergency care
Activating a protection plan for seven homes and to support more than 200 people affected by the fall of a vehicular bridge, The left bank of the Combeima River will be intervened.
For this purpose, the governor of Tolima and the departmental government teamthey woke up early to fulfill the agreement with the inhabitants of the Pico de Oro sector in the Combeima Canyon.
The machinery is already carrying out work to correct the riverbed that supplies the Ibagué aqueduct and that it is necessary to protect seven homes that were damaged by the rains at the Pico de Oro point.
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“All week we have been here in the Combeima Canyon. At the point of La Invasión we have machinery in conjunction with Cortolima; and in Pico de Oro a backhoe to carry out mitigation works. In addition, we will review the alternatives to support 200 people from the El Secreto neighborhood who are having difficulties transporting their food and farm products.”indicated the Governor Adriana Magali Matiz.
In this care plan, we will work with infrastructure technicians to install a provisional passage while the definitive solution is established for the bridge collapse; In addition, support from the Army will be sought to intervene in points where work with explosives is required.
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For its part, the leader of the Combeima Canyon, Elio Fabio Vaca, he claimed: “Grateful for the commitment of Governor Adriana Magali Matiz; she told us yesterday that she would bring the machinery and here it is, now she is going to help us provide a mobility solution to the Secreto community that is isolated. She, Senator Oscar Barreto and councilor Jóseph González have been waiting for us morning, afternoon and night”.
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