Santo Domingo.-Representatives of organizations linked to the environment and representative authorities of the Peravia province presented on Saturday the report that they will present to the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, on the pollution produced by the Thermoelectric Power Plant of Catalina Point.
The head of state had requested a study to determine the degree of contamination that allegedly emanates from the Punta Catalina ash mountain and its impact on the health of the residents of nearby communities.
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These entities decided to deliver to the representative of the Executive Branch the results of the study ordered by him on August 3 of last year to learn the reality of the problem.
These entities carried out an activity in the Chapter House of the Baní City Council, with the participation of municipal and provincial authorities, municipal monitoring teams, leaders of organizations and representatives of the churches.
Experts and facilitators who worked on the study on the contamination of Punta Catalina also participated, as well as leaders from the Institute of Lawyers for the Environment (INSAPROMA) and the National Committee for the Fight Against Climate Change (CNLCC), which have at their I am in charge of conducting and organizing the research process.
The plenary session of the III Workshop arranged to request the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, to receive the main actors of the study at the National Palace to present and explain the main results of this investigation before the end of this month of May.
The journalist Ingrid Paulino from the Community Monitoring Network of Nizao, when presenting this resolution proposal before the III Workshop, stated that the study had been carried out with the objective that the President of the Republic had direct and objective information on the impacts of the contamination of the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Plant, CTPC, in order to make a final decision on this thermoelectric power plant.
