Itaipu Binational reiterates that it is unfeasible to pay 940 million dollars to former employees of contractor companies of the entity. It details all the infrastructure works and everything that could be done with such a sum.
The bill that recognizes as historical compensation, labor benefits to former workers, original workers, builders, direct contractors, contractors and subcontractors of works, landlords and sub-locators of services and health and education agreements, of the plant of Itaipu right bank” approved last week in the Senate is rejected by the binational, which in turn, denies part of the content of the proposal.
The entity did not make any payment to employees of contractors and subcontractors for additional labor benefits, as alleged in the bill.
The 940 million established by the project could in no way be financed with Itaipu’s operating expenses, since they must be agreed upon and approved annually by both sides -Brazil and Paraguay- and no type of item is included for “compensation”. history” intended for people outside the institution.
Through a community, Itaipu explained that the 940 million that is intended to be distributed among 15,000 workers, is equivalent to:
11 years of socio-environmental investments in Paraguay. ITAIPU annually invests approximately 84 million dollars in this concept
2 years (475 million dollars approximately per year) of transfers to the Paraguayan State for Royalties and Fonacide. With the validity of the bill, the municipalities and the national educational system would be left without this valuable resource.
4,300 Family Health Units (USF). Each health post benefits, on average, about 5,000 people in vulnerable situations.
11 international bridges similar to the one under construction over the Paraguay River, in the city of Carmelo Peralta, with the contribution of Binational funds.
129 viaducts, such as the Ciudad del Este Multiviaduct, located at km 7.
94 years of financing the ITAIPU University Scholarship Program (whose average annual investment represents 10 million dollars).
8 times the cost of the 500 kV Right Bank Transmission Line (Itaipu plant) – Yguazú and the corresponding Substation that is under construction. To gauge the importance of this work, it should be noted that with it Paraguay will have the real possibility of using all of the energy that ITAIPU produces for the country. 1,800 km of 500 kV transmission line.
