Those affected by the Monte Grande dam request land from the Government

The residents of the district municipal of Hato Nuevo Cortés, in Azuathey marched to demand Government to consider them in the reassignment process landsince the construction of the Monte Grande Dam has flooded their crops.

Dozens of members of the community They toured the streets of the town to call the attention of the executives of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi) and the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD), to whom they requested the delivery of plots that allows them to continue with agricultural production.

Patricio Matos, one of the affectedexpressed that, for months, they have requested the intervention of the Government in response to their complaints, since some four thousand tasks will remain under water with the filling of the Monte Grande dam.

Matos stated that the heads of the Indrhi and the IAD left them in a position meeting who were going to hold the Tuesday November 5. In addition, he complained that the neighborhood called “Bajo Tierra” will be completely flooded. “The first authority has not yet come to meet us; we ask the Government to identify the land,” said Matos.

For several months now, the residents of Herd Nuevo Cortésbelonging to the municipality of The Yayas from Viajama, in Azua, have requested to benefit from the settlementslike other communities located downstream of the dam.

[object HTMLTextAreaElement] — Banana plantation flooded in Hato Nuevo Cortés due to the filling of the Monte Grande dam. (**FREE DIARY/ARCHIVE**)

They also reported that the authorities municipalities have not supported in his fight with Government. Matos declared that their rights are being violated. right to the propertyas established in article 51 of the Constitution.

“We appeal to the sensitivity because they understand that we are human beings,” said Matos, speaking on behalf of the community.

At the end of September, Free Diary traveled to the area and found that several plots of bananas have already been flooded by the Monte Grande dam, which will have a storage capacity of 350 million cubic meters of water.