By General Editor.
The mayor of Valledupar, Mello Castro, was on Tuesday at the construction of the Ethnic Seine that is in charge of the Ethnic Consortium, contractor that has been criticized for not meeting the initial delivery deadline, which expired in December 2022.
From the scene of the work, the president assured that “the consortium has been executing in the established time”, although the activities They were suspended until January 19 of the present year.
“We are calm in this inspection, the work has a 43% execution. Next June we will be delivering this fully equipped work for the Seine to operate in the department of Cesar”, Castro Gonzalez said.
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THE DELAY AND THE INVESTMENT
Regarding the delay in the execution, the mayor affirmed that due to the transition between the Government of Iván Duque and President Gustavo Petro: “In these changes you always have to make connections that are delayed, in the same way we had delays in the approval of the design of the work by the Ministry of the Interior and SENA.”
The investment for the construction of this headquarters of the National Learning Service with a differential approach is $5,344 million, of which more than $700 million They are resources from the municipality of Valledupar, the rest are provided by the national government.
“The $5.300 million includes the intervention. This is a turnkey work, once the contractor finishes the work, he will be paid, the contractor will be the most interested in completing the work”, added the mayor.
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MUNICIPAL RESOURCES
Although only the money from the national government was budgeted, the secretary of Works of the municipality, efrain quinteroexplained that the municipality had to make the aforementioned addition “for the provision of air conditionerscoffee machines, cocoa, among other necessities”.
According to the data contained in the Secop II Electronic Public Procurement System, this learning center would have a library, instructors’ room, multifunctional rooms, a classroom for workshops, a classroom for information and communication technologies, among other spaces to receive not only to the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, but also to the Afro-descendant, Wayuu and other citizens who seek to be educated in the capital of Cesar.
