Since last September 3, the Tarrita community made intermittent closures in the Occañ-Cúcuta road.
The Bishop of Ocaña, Monsignor Orlando Olave Villanoba, He called the National and Departmental Government to the difficulties facing affected families of the El Tarrita sector, rural area of Ábrego, in Norte de Santander, for the avalanche recorded in the 2,023 where hundreds of families were affected.
Despite the announcements of the National Government to address the emergency and provide support to peasant families who lost everything, they have not yet received the promised aids among them the relocation announced by the Risk Management Office.
Given this breach, since last Wednesday, September 3, the peasant families of Tarrita have been making intermittent blockages on the road that communicates Ocaña with Cúcuta and with the Atlantic coast for breach of the National Government.
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The bishop of the Diocese of Ocaña, Monsignor Orlando Olave Villanoba, moved to the Tarrita sector, where the blockade has been carried out said that, “we have come here to accompany Families amid their pain and frustration who claim in the midst of despair an answer to President Petro and Governor Villamizar a solution as soon as possible that affects hundreds of peasant families who lost everything because of an avalanche. “
Likewise, the representative of the Catholic Church said they are ready to help collaborate in the face of the diverse needs that are registered in economic matters and that it is originating despair in the population.
Two and a half years after the emergency that originated in the upper part of the municipality of Ábrego and that caused an avalanche of land and mud that destroyed part of the road and hectares of crops, it has not been possible to provide a solution to the requests it has in the area.
One of the main difficulties is the delay in the purchase of the property to relocate this populationn, due to lack of documentation and legalization of the land. The community ensures that the time given for the respective investments and repairs of the road, They have gone diagnoses, without any solution.
For his part, Antonio José Rodríguez, Personero of the municipality of Ábrego said that the nomination of the lots Does not progress by limitations.
Similarly, from the municipal administration, They have pointed out that they will be looking for new properties to be achieved once and for all relocation of these families.
Source: Integrated information system
