Environmental disaster in the Litoral due to power failure | B …

The mbadive power outage that left the country yesterday in gloom and which has spread to Uruguay and Brazil has had serious consequences for the environment during the first few hours of the morning. Thousands of fish died dead on the shores of Ituzaingó and Apipé, in Corrientes, thanks to an extraordinary drainage of the Paraná River, produced by the closing of the dam gates which yesterday was the only way to get rid of it. subject to criticism from the generalized courts.

The problem is that due to the failure of the 500 kilovolt overvoltage lines in the Yacyreta dam, the production of the dike has been interrupted in the hydroelectric, thermal and atomic power plants, as well as a thermal key in case of short circuit. As a result, all hydroelectric plants have stopped operating, have closed barriers and generated an environmental disaster. The Corrientes say that when the floodgates were reopened, big fish were killed.

On Sunday morning, fishermen and families in the region of Rincón Santa Maria, in the city of Itzaingó, witnessed the appearance of dead catfish and armed specimens.

The prefecture of the city corrientes of Ituzaingó warned yesterday against a lack of water pronounced in the pipe of descent of the Paraná river, whose height in the local hydrometer was between 0,80 and 1 meter, between 20 and 50 centimeters below normal. For this reason, they reminded sailors, tourists, islanders and local residents of water and commercial sports, to take into account a series of recommendations.

"Personally, I do not know why the level of the river has dropped as much and how fast." What we can testify of the inhabitants of the island, is that it was surprising and abrupt (the In the photos that have been taken, you can see how, in the still flooded areas, we only see sand and gravel, "said Deputy Mayor Juan Dacunda during a dialogue. with El Litoral.

"I am 35 years old and the truth is that I do not remember a similar situation.We will certainly ask the municipality to have more details about this during the week during the week, "concluded Dacunda.