During the session this Wednesday, May 22, in the Bucaramanga Council, the Ministry of Health and Environment of this city reported that the construction of the Río de Oro WWTP will not be supported by the National Government.
“The issue of the Río de Oro WWTP will not be supported by the National Government, it is a project that It has a cost of more than 1 billion pesos, what is proposed here is the support of satellite WWTPs with allies such as the Metropolitan Aqueduct of Bucaramanga,” said Claudia Amaya, secretary of Health and Environment of the city.
The news immediately unleashed a series of reactions from the Bucaramanga councilors due to the lack, according to them, of support from the National Government for environmental projects in this area of the country.
“The National Government will not support the construction of the Río de Oro WWTP. In today’s session in the Council, sand ratified this new act of Gustavo Petro for Santander. This is very serious news for Bucaramanga and the metropolitan area. We demand an explanation“wrote councilor José David Cavanzo on his social network account X.
The “WWTP Río de Oro” wastewater treatment plant is a project that aims to clean up wastewater from the municipalities of Bucaramanga and Girón in the department of Santander.
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