The governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria, stated that next Tuesday, November 15, an evacuation drill will be carried out downstream of Hidroituango, which will involve the mobilization of more than 4,000 inhabitants of the districts of Puerto Valdivia and El Doce, of the municipality of Tarazá, Antioquia.
According to the governor, This drill will be carried out in order to finalize details for the evacuation at the time of turning on turbines one and twoIn addition, he sent a message of calm to the communities surrounding the project and insisted on the request to extend the term for the entry into operation of the National Government.
“A Departmental Risk Management Council will be held, which will be in charge of collecting the work of that table, so that it is already under its competence to define the final decisions that will be framed in the preparations, the details, the necessary adjustments to comply with the resolution issued by the National Risk Management Unit…There will not be a surprise decision, there will not be a test that could generate some riskmuch less the moment of ignition, without the communities being sufficiently informed”, affirmed the governor.
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The manager of EPM, Jorge Carrillo, said that, although the company has everything ready to start on November 30, with these new requirements the date is not so clear.
“There are enough signs to warn that compliance requires preparations, articulations and times that will surely alter the schedule. that today EPM has, but that we can specify once the technical tables, the PMU and a new Risk Management Council are completed”, he explained.
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Next Wednesday, with the analysis of the evacuation drill, The date of the start-up of Hidroituango will be announced to the country and, consequently, the details of how the evacuation of the communities will be carried out. and the time of the same to mitigate any risk that may occur.
