This Thursday, the government held a press conference to explain the situation of school establishments that do not have gas service. It was reported that 20 schools They lack this service, and work is currently underway to restore it. Meanwhile, they are distributing fan heaters to mitigate the low temperatures.
He director of Grid of Gas, Ángel Domijan, He explained during the conference that “we had 24 schools with gas cut off and we have responded to 4. For the rest, we are working to give them a solution as quickly as possible, through companies.”
Besides, Domijan pointed out that “The reason for cutting off natural gas is that, in previous administrations, work was not done or not done as quickly as the case deserved. The problem is that current regulations are not complied with. These buildings date back a long time and therefore , facilities that had approval at the time are now not adequate to current regulations.”
As for the jobs from Gas Network, they indicated that the work would be completed in a couple of months. “We propose to finish the work between 1 to 2 more months in those establishments that are priorities for the Ministry and the Government. But it doesn’t depend only on us. We have ECOGAS who will do the inspections, has its times and needs the documentation updated. This is because these establishments have undergone modifications, expansions and we do not have all the updated plans. So We have to leave them for ECOGAS to approve them. It is not only the installation, but documentation, such as corresponds“, he concluded.
