Tarifas de agua no subirán este año: Gobierno de la CDMX

El jefe de Gobierno, Miguel Ángel Mancera, aseguró que no lo tiene planeado.

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Cholera has been endemic in Baraka over the last years. Lake Tanganyika may act as a reservoir for the bacteria. Years of war and absence of government had destroyed the water system and returning refugees had dangerously overcrowded Baraka. From here the bacteria spread along the roads up the coast and in land causing smaller epidemics in Lulimba, Kilembwe and elsewhere. Late last year UNICEF and http://www.acted.org with a local NGO CHR and the local water authority started the construction of a 30km piped water system bringing water down from the hills with water fountains across the town. It provides more than 30,000 people with drinking water. Cholera has all but disappeared. MSF is closing down their Cholera Treatment Centre due to lack of patients. Cholera has significantly reduced throughout the territory of Fizi. It has the additional benefit of reducing the distances women and child have to carry 20kg jerricans of water. Olivier Thonet our water and sanitation was the main driving force behind the project. Olivier and I had come to do the inauguration of the project. Olivier is obsessed by the fight against cholera. For the five days we were together irrespective of the time of day or night he was questioning and discussing how we can eliminate Cholera in the east of DRC.

Miguel Ángel Mancera, jefe de gobierno de la capital, aseguró que no habrá incremento en las tarifas del agua, pese a que el presupuesto para el mantenimiento de la infraestructura hídrica es limitado.

En conferencia de prensa el mandatario comentó que el 40% de la pérdida del vital líquido que se tiene en la ciudad, es a causa de gigas registradas a lo largo de los 26 mil kilómetros con los que cuenta la red de agua potable.

Agregó que se requiere más inversión, una situación que obviamente no es sencilla, por lo que habrá que “actuar estratégicamente cambiando poco a poco todas nuestras líneas, nuestras redes, nuestros equipamientos”, señaló.

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