He municipality of Cutral Co will disburse 200 million pesos to carry out the laying of secondary gas networks that will cover – for the first time – the rural area of Colonia September 21 and the new lots in three neighborhoods. They will be three companies in charge to carry out the work, in this first stage.
The demand for natural gas service in areas that were considered rural, such as Colony September 21, It was historic. It will be the first of the planned plan to provide the service to families settled in this sector, located north of Cutral Co.
While the other areas benefiting from this extension of secondary networks will be the new neighborhood lots. Union, Progress and New Town. The municipality signed the agreement this Monday with the representatives of three companies: Install; Northern Rivers and Rapicons.
The budget that will be available for these works is 200 million pesos, as reported by Mayor Ramón Rioseco himself. Next week, agreements will be signed for two other rural areas such as Monte Hermoso and Colonia 2 de Abril.
The communal chief described that a work plan is already underway towards the south of the urban ejido that covers ten blocks that involves reaching 620 families in the Progreso, Unión, Pueblo Nuevo and Nehuen Che neighborhoods.
From the Ministry of Public Works, its owner, Henry Torrico explained that there will be almost 1,000 linear meters in the three southern neighborhoods and almost 2 thousand meters for Colonia 21 de Septiembre.
«This decision takesr natural gas to rural sectors For us it is a very big commitment. We assumed it during the campaign with the neighbors and today we are carrying it forward in stages,” explained Rioseco.
The mayor, in the act of signing the agreements, explained that the State must be present to carry out these works and that the neighbors will pay it in “instalments of 40, 60”, because otherwise it would not be possible. This is how it differed from the national government that decided to suspend the sending of funds for public works to the provinces and municipalities.
“If we do not have basic services we automatically become destitute,” he noted at the signing of agreements. «Undoubtedly the president (Javier Milei) wants to send us to destitution because he doesn’t want to build sewers, water, gas, schools, hospitals. The truth is that Let’s hope that he reflects and can take care of the responsibilities he has and that is to accompany the governors and mayors,” he said.
He argued that if the mayor does not take care of the problems of Cutral Co “who is going to take care of it?”, so he will advance in this type of works that the families demand. Finally, he concluded that the lack of services is health. “If we do not have basic services we automatically become destitute.”
Rioseco commented that the municipality carries out orderly planning to avoid taking over the land.
