In the eighth report presented by the Ombudsman’s Office, it was evidenced that there is not good solid waste management in Arequipabecause in recent weeks, several district municipalities could be criminally denounced for crimes against the environment and omission of functions.
Being last in management, the authorities of Socabaya, Paucarpata, Cerro Colorado and Alto Selva Alegre, abandoned their duties to collect the garbage from the containers, harming the public health of their jurisdiction.
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The defense chief in Arequipa, Ángel María Manrique, said that the Public Ministry should have already urged these municipalities and in case of non-compliance, proceed with the criminal complaint of a prison sentence of 2 to 6 years.
“At year-end parties, production is higher but you should not stop attending until the last day (December 31). As for the new authorities, they must have contingency planes for January 1, even if it is a holiday and piles of garbage are not generated on the corners that cause very serious damage to public health, ”he said.
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Also, notice that the 8 provinces in the region produce around a thousand tons per dayTherefore, the Quebrada Honda dump in the Yura district, which receives almost all the districts, has reached its limit and by the end of February it will collapse, causing chaos in the population. Added to this, he argued that this dump does not have the accreditation of the Agency for Environmental Evaluation and Control (OEFA) to be a sanitary landfill.
Given the serious situation that is expected for 2023, the Provincial Municipality of Arequipa, in the new management of Víctor Rivera, was urged to expedite the accreditation process.
