objectives of the tree interventions that Dagma carries out in El Caney

The Dagma Tree Emergency crew continues with the maintenance of the trees located in the rainwater channels of the El Caney neighborhood.

The Mayor’s Office of Cali, through the Administrative Department of Environmental Management (Dagma), carries out tree interventions in the El Caney neighborhood, in order to provide security and mitigate the risk of flooding.
In this sector, located in the south of Cali, the local environmental authority has already carried out the intervention of 173 tree individuals.
To date, the Dagma Tree Emergency team has intervened in more than 300 trees at risk throughout the city.

Santiago de Cali, June 16, 2024

With the maintenance of 173 arboreal individuals, The work carried out by the Administrative Department of Environmental Management (Dagma) takes place in the rainwater channel of the El Caney neighborhood (road corridor of 48th Street between Carreras 80 and 85).

While operators of Municipal Companies of Cali (Emcali) do cleaning work, the crew Tree Emergencies del Dagma deploys actions that allow the proper functioning of this structure for evacuating rainwater and mitigating the risk of flooding, for the more than 30 thousand people who, it is estimated, live in this sector of Commune 17.

“With the pruning that we are carrying out, we eliminated the branches that affected cyclists and motorcyclists who travel through this sector of 48th Street. And as the community itself has expressed, we are taking away the possibility of hiding from other people’s friends. ”said Samir Castillo, leader of Tree Emergencies.

The plant waste generated during these interventions will be collected during the week that begins, thanks to the support provided by the cleaning operator PromoValle and the Special Administrative Unit of Public Services (Uaesp).

Within the framework of Decree 1077 of 2015the toilet operators of Cali have the responsibility of carrying out pruning work on the city’s trees. At the same time, Emcali It is responsible for the maintenance of tree individuals that have conflict with electrical networks. Firefighters tends to overturned trees; while the Dagma It does the same with individuals diagnosed for logging, dry trees, guaduas and those found in rainwater channels.

To date, the care team Tree Emergencies of the Dagma has carried out the intervention of more than 300 trees in the capital of Valle del Cauca.

Keep in mind

To communicate with the group of Urban Florayou can call the phone 602 524 05 80extension 4 (totends from Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm); to the WhatsApp line Environmental Immediate Reaction Group (GARI) 313 780 75 32 (Monday to Sunday 24 hours a day); or write to email [email protected].