June 23, 2023, 23:20 PM
June 23, 2023, 23:20 PM
A hundred uniformed soldiers, firefighters, rescue groups and personnel from the Cochabamba Mayor’s Office traveled through different areas in order to control the use of pyrotechnics and eliminate bonfires for the celebration of the feast of San Juan Bautista.
In the operations that EL DEBER accompanied, it was found that in various homes families they proceeded to light bonfires, the same ones that were turned off by the brigades because they are prohibited throughout the national territory, in order to avoid environmental contamination.
In some homes, some owners refused to deliver the fireworks they were handling during the celebration, but given the warning that they would be financially penalized They agreed to deliver and for officials to put out the flames.
In other homes, the brigades had to redouble their efforts to put out the intense flames that were started in a large number of pasturesand by which the smoke spread over the area.
Fines for those found with bonfires lit range from 4 to 20 national minimum wages.
In Bolivia, the current national minimum wage is Bs 2,362, so the amounts of the fines range between Bs 9,448 and Bs 47,240depending on the economic activity of the offenders.
