HOLY SUNDAY.– The Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company (EGEHID) signed an agreement with the National Office of Support for Penitentiary Reform (ONAPREP) that will allow the incorporation of prisoners under the Medium Free modality, to the reforestation work of the basins hydrographic of the country.
The agreement, signed by engineer Rafael Salazar, representing EGEHID, and Roberto Santana, for ONAPREP, will be executed gradually, with the first phase being the intervention of the San Juan (Sabaneta dam) and Nizao river basins ( between San Cristóbal, Peravia and Ocoa).
Professor Roberto Santana explained the scope of the agreement, in an event chaired by the president of the Board of Directors of EGEHID, Dr. Rosa Ysabel Ruíz.
It is specified that other hydrographic basins will be incorporated according to the inter-institutional Strategic Plan and the Annual Operational Plan approved by the parties, so that the penitentiary and correctional system is assigned, as one of its permanent missions, the management and environmental remediation of all basins. hydrographic of the country.
The plan to reestablish forest cover has the objective of reversing the levels of soil degradation, and thus increasing the water retention capacity of the areas of influence of the dams, which guarantee the supply of water through the aqueducts. , agricultural and livestock irrigation, clean energy production, as well as ecotourism and fishing activities.
For planting, among other species, criollo pine, cabirma, cigua prieta, white cigua, Guama, poppy, jobo, royal palm, mara, red cedar, white cedar, Creole mahogany and African mahogany will be used.
The agreement also contemplates the cleaning of banks and water courses, in order to eliminate solid waste and other forms of contamination of flora and fauna.
In accordance with Law 113-21, the Free Medium modality allows the person convicted of criminal offenses to reintegrate into the workforce through paid work, applying alternative measures to imprisonment.
The activity included Yeny Olga Fernández, director for the Free Environment of the General Directorate of Penitentiary Services; the governors of San Juan, Ana María Castillo, and San José de Ocoa, Josefa Oliva Castillo; the director of Economic Eateries, Edgar Augusto Feliz.
