Cartagena
Eight days without electricity have left around 30 homes in the Los Ángeles sector of the El Pozón neighborhood, south of Cartagenadue to damage to a transformer. In order to restore service with a new pole, The company Afinia asked the community for 13 million pesos, however, that money has not been collected in its entirety..
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In the absence of electricity, a group of residents went to the roads and decided to block the Cordialidad road, near the so-called ‘corbatín’ in La Carolina. The purpose was to call the attention of the authorities and demand the prompt restoration of the service, taking into account that the area is home to elderly people, children and pregnant women. The protest caused a huge traffic jam that caused delays on some Transcaribe feeder routes.
With a door-to-door approach, the Community Action Board has managed to collect 7 of the 13 million pesos that Afinia is asking for to install the new transformerIt was learned that the debt this community has with the subsidiary of the EPM group amounts to six billion pesos.
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“Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, eight days ago a transformer exploded, But we signed agreements with the mayor through which they gave us the approval to continue receiving energy with a government subsidy of 90 million.This month the bill came in at 181 million, but unfortunately the residents are not fulfilling the contribution that each one must give to pay. We are left with a monthly fee of 30 thousand pesos for each house, that is to say, the electricity costs us a thousand pesos per day, it couldn’t be cheaper,” said Leida Monterrosa, president of the Community Action Board of the Los Angeles sector of the El Pozón neighborhood.
He added, “If we want to demand good service, we must first fulfill our duties to Afinia.”
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For nowThe Community Action Board continues to collect the missing money so that the company Afinia can restore electricity service to the affected homes.
It should be noted that in the last few hours there have been several protests due to the lack of electricity in Cartagena neighborhoods such as Santa Clara and Los Calamares. Likewise, in municipalities of Bolívar such as Turbana, Arjona and Turbaco, demonstrations have also been reported.
