This Monday, the First Commission of the Senate of the Republic held a political control debate to analyze the water shortage that affects Bogotá due to the low levels of the reservoirs that supply the city.
The senator of the Historical Pact, María José Pizarro (one of the speakers of the debate), denounced during her speech that, Although the projections warned of a probable shortage crisis, the responsible authorities did not act with the necessary diligence to prevent it.
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In addition, he pointed directly to the former mayor Claudia López and He blamed her for ignoring the warnings.
“This situation was warned“However, the mayor dismissed the alerts, turned a blind eye and did nothing,” said the congresswoman, questioning the former president’s management of the water crisis.
The senator announced that she will request an investigation from the control entities about the actions omitted by previous administrations and the use of resources intended to avoid this type of emergency.
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“I believe that with all the information that we have presented here, we are going to immediately request the control entities an investigation for what was not done, for the resources that were invested and were of no use, because this city deserves a sustainable model and not a model of exhaustion,” Pizarro added.
During the debate, Possible solutions to face the crisis and avoid similar situations in the future were also discussed. However, the lack of preventive measures and the absence of long-term plans focused much of the discussion.
The water crisis in Bogotá has generated concern among the inhabitants of the capital, who have expressed their dissatisfaction with the interruptions in the service that have been scheduled by the Mayor’s Office and the aqueduct in areas of the city, with the purpose of saving as much as possible. amount of water and avoid the so-called ‘day zero’.
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