The poor state of the Roads in Tsáchilas communes He was the protagonist on Monday, May 5, 2025, during the Citizen Court led by the Prefect of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Johana Núñez.
In that space, the leaders of this nationality demanded the Urgent maintenance of the road in the seven Tsáchilas communes, deteriorated by the time and aggravated by winter. Mateo Calazacóngovernor of the Tsáchila nationality, took the floor firmly. He said that the internal routes of their communities have not received timely attention. Some have not been weighed in two yearsand others carry at least six months Without any intervention. “Unfortunately the road is shattered, they are weighed, they no longer have holes, they are craters,” he denounced before the Prefect.
The roads block agricultural support
In total, they are close to 230 kilometers of rural roads in poor condition. This road in Tsáchilas communes is crucial for the transport of products such as banana, cassava, banana orito, cocoaamong others. Tsáchilas are farmers by tradition, but the lack of maintenance has hit its economy. “We cannot get the production. There are areas where the truck enters,” said Calazacón. The prefecture, as the community members said, has not included their sectors in the bumpy or road intervention. To this is added that Recent rains have worsened the situation. There is mud, road cuts and impassable sections that isolate several communes.
Promise that does not convince the communes
During the audience, Johana Núñez He explained that the main obstacle has been the absence of resources assigned from the National Government. “We face a budget limitation,” the authority said.
However, he announced that the next June 5 will meet with the Tsáchila governorate to plan a joint intervention. But this proposal did not convince those. “They ask us to wait longer, when we have been without attention for years. We do not see management capacity, only excuses,” Governor Tsáchila replied. It should be remembered that in 2021, the same prefect announced that he had formed a Caminero team dedicated exclusively to Tsáchilas communes. That year, it was intervened only in the commune he posesbut since then there has been continuity, the leaders pointed out.
A debt with the roots of the territory
The claim for roads in communes tsáchilas va Beyond road maintenance. It represents a historical debt with an ancestral people that inhabits the same territory where the main structures of the province are based. “The road in Tsáchilas communes cannot remain abandoned. We are part of this province, we produce food and retain culture,” said former governor Tsáchila, Gumercindo Aguavil. The communes demand that their needs be prioritized and to pass from discourse to the facts.
