At least 11 communities of the municipality of Yapacaní, province of Cruz de Ichilo, announced that they will install a blocking point on the road that joins the departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. They require the Cruzña governorate to execute an electrification project that has been postponed since 2022.
According to the statement from the residents of Yapacaní, Governor Mario Joaquín Aguilera He had pledged to accelerate the electrification project that will benefit 11 communities, but to date it has not fulfilled.
Given this breach, the residents of the central belt of Yapacaní and the integrated north announced that They blocked the new road to Cochabamba on Tuesday, February 18.
Your demands are the following:
1. Demand to the governor of the department of Santa Cruz the immediate compliance of the commitments assumed in this electricity project, especially the execution of Bs 6,764,100, Budget that was already with the name and surname of the communities for its execution, which would benefit our 11 communities, and central (which has been postponed since the 2022 management).
2. Request the execution of the necessary economic resources for the execution in its integrity of the aforementioned project, of 6,764,100.00 of Bolivians. for the benefit of our 11 communities and centrals.
3. Sue the Presentment of a detailed schedule with the start dates and completion of each stage of the electrification project in our communities.
4. Demand the opening of a transparent dialogue and participatory with the peasant producing communities affected by the lack of electricity, and the presence of the governor, in order to inform about the progress of the project and attend their concerns.
5. Convene a mobilization and indefinite block in case of not obtaining a favorable response To our demands, and we give a period of 72 hours of your reception, if there is no response, we will start blocking since Tuesday, February 18, 2025 from midnight.
