The inhabitants of Bucaramanga
they felt the increase in the service of the natural gas
during the month of may, That meant that inflation shot up by 0.76%, well above the national average which was 0.43%, as revealed by Dane.
Says the analysis carried out by the Danny
that the cost of living in the last month in Bucaramanga for a family increased because they had to pay 36.34% for gas service, while in the rest of the country a family’s gas bill was only 1.29%.
“It is mainly explained by the values billed for piped gas services. It is explained by the adjustments to the supply mechanisms used by service providers,” said Dane director Piedad Urdinola about the Bucaramanga case.
The Association of Users of Public Services of Santander denounced since May that the company Vanti, without any consultation and without socializing the issue, increased the cost of the service by more than 30%. The cost of a cubic meter of gas went from $1,700 to 2:600 on average.
Confusion and frustration are evident in many homes. “Last month, the collection was within the normal range. On average, we paid around $25,000, an acceptable cost for our needs“said Tito Vásquez, a user. However, the May bill reflected a significant increase that has generated discomfort.
The manager of the Gas Natural Vanti company, Juan Felipe Rojas, spoke out in response to the barrage of complaints. Rojas explained thathe termination of an agreement to bring gas from the Gibraltar plant, located in the municipality of Toledo, Norte de Santander, forced the company to transport the gas from the center of the countrywhich significantly increased operating costs.
“Since that agreement ended, we now have to transport gas from the center of the country, which led to an increase in operation costs,” he indicated.
