Voices in the Enriquillo region are urging authorities to reactivate work on the Monte Grande multiple dam project.
The general manager of the UASD-Barahona campus, Manuel Antonio de la Cruz Fernández, expressed his concern about the halting of the project; the parish priest of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Ángel Cuevas; Senator José del Castillo Saviñón: former deputy candidate Carlos García and agricultural leader Manuel Pérez (Manuel Lemba).
They agree with the need for the Government, chaired by President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, to explain to the region why the so-called “South-West Metro” project has been paralyzed.
The Monte Grande Multiple Dam Project (PMPM), responsible for the Andrade Gutiérrez Consortium, remains paralyzed, although work was done at one of the points yesterday (Tuesday) but had no impact, a Listín Daily source confirmed, instead to protect its identity your.
The voices that demand the work
Father Cuevas is worried about stopping work and calls on President Abinader to recover the payment to the contractors so that the work can be resumed.
“All this worries us, because it means a lot to our southern area, the Monte Grande dam. Let’s raise our voices, raise the alarm so that the work can be resumed “, he stated.
He said that the halt of the project is a “dam” that slows down the development of this area, which for decades requires the construction of important work that will have a positive impact on agriculture and contain the fury of nature in each cyclonic season.
In the budget
The senator of this southern province, José del Castillo Saviñón, asked President Luis Abinader and the director of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi), Olmedo Caba, to explain why the Monte Grande project was stopped.
Del Castillo Saviñón, who made the claim exhausting a turn in the Senate session of the Republic on Tuesday, demanded an explanation of the situation, according to information from Listín Diario last Saturday that Monte Grande was stopped again due to lack of resources.
He recalled that in this year’s general state budget, Congress approved the allocation of resources for the completion of the works, plus 250 million from the General Fund of the nation, as well as the loan approved by the Central American Investment Bank of CABEI.
Del Castillo Saviñón states that by putting in pesos the money approved to complete the works of the Monte Grande dam, the amount of 4.293 million is granted, “which is provided in this year’s budget for the project”.
Life and hope
Professor Manuel Antonio De La Cruz Fernández He said that, given the social and economic impact of the region, the Monte Grande press, the main high-level academy in the region, is asking President Abinader to use his leadership to resume work on the important project.
De La Cruz Fernández said Monte Grande means “life and hope” for the provinces that make up the Enriquillo region., because it has a positive impact on the economy, social, environmental, above all, – he emphasizes – will contain the fury of nature in each cyclonic season that destroys lives as well as property, mainly in communities located at the bottom of the Yaque del Sur.
Bury the hope
Carlos García, a former candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), said that the hope of those living in the Enriquillo region “is buried” once the works at the Monte Grande dam are stopped.
“The shutdown is a sign of the collapse of the hope of the inhabitants of this region, to see the dream of decades come true, to achieve a better standard of living with the construction of the dam,” said the former regional director of the Ministry of Public Works.
Agricultural producers
Manuel Pérez (Manuel Lemba), an agricultural producer in the area and part of the organizations in the region requesting the completion of the Monte Grande dam, said that the concern is to have enough water to irrigate agricultural properties by gravity. and face moments of drought.