Mazatlán, Sin.The boardwalk in front of the beaches, where five sculptures related to the eclipse were placed, will be closed tomorrow to vehicular traffic to convert it into a pedestrian zone, as some 750,000 people are expected to arrive at this port to admire the astronomical phenomenon. A large operation will be deployed with the participation of 7 thousand elements of state security, Civil Protection, National Guard, Semar and Sedena.
Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, Secretary of Public Security, specified that some 4,902 troops will be deployed in Mazatlán alone, as well as 1,700 Civil Protection elements, without neglecting routine surveillance in the other municipalities, because they contemplate an operational reserve of 1,200 elements for the entire entity.
In addition, 250 thousand lenses will be distributed to observe the astronomical phenomenon. Outside the municipal palace building thousands of people have lined up from six in the morning this weekend until they were finished.
As part of the preparations, the Municipal Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlán installed the five urban sculptures on the tourist area of the port that were restored and modified by the artist Henry Wilson, since they were used in the past carnival. The so-called puppets will be removed on April 10.
NASA scientists
In other municipalities such as Elota, there are observation points on the beaches, the same as in Las Labradas in San Ignacio, Rosario, Escuinapa and Concordia where a group of NASA scientists has already settled, also in Cosalá, El Fuerte, Guasave , Salvador Alvarado, Mocorito, Cosalá, Altata and Culiacán, where the eclipse will also be partially visible.
The state Sectur reported that there is tourism arriving for the first time from Europe, Asia and the United States, and reported an occupancy of 98 percent of the 26 thousand rooms that hotels have throughout Sinaloa and that they anticipate an economic benefit of about one billion. of pesos.
He also indicated that tomorrow a cruise ship will arrive with 5 thousand visitors, including passengers and crew, which increases the number of people in the port.
In turn, Servando Rojo Quintero, INAH delegate in Sinaloa, announced that the expectations of visitors to Las Labradas, considered a pre-Hispanic observatory site, intended for observing the Sun, have been exceeded, since they already have a record of thousand visitors who will camp from today and expect the number to be greater than 5 thousand.
Martha Zaraín Herzberg, representing the General Coordination for the Promotion of Scientific Research and Innovation of the State of Sinaloa (Confie), reported that the Sinaloa Science Center, located in Culiacán, will place the images generated by two telescopes on giant screens which will be directed at the Sun so that it can be observed safely by the population and children who come to the facilities.
Governor Rubén Rocha Moya said that a microsite was enabled on the Internet, With everything related to the eclipse, information is being provided there. In addition to local experts, which are important, there are academics from the area who will provide data and are pending, we have all the national and international information, do not forget that Mazatlán is the epicenter of the eclipse and where it will be seen the longest.
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– 2024-04-19 22:54:17
