Several municipalities in Santander will be left without garbage

A controversy erupts in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga before the decision of the Mayor of the capital of Santander, to restrict the disposal of solid waste next week to sanitary landfill & # 39; El Carrasco & # 39;

Everything comes from the order of sealing issued by the Bucaramanga CAR on the site of waste disposal, because the City Cleaning Company has no authorization from build a "19459004" culvert box that is, a bridge-like work on a watercourse.

The Mayor's Governor, Manuel Francisco Azuero, indicated that that work is essential to increase the capacity of the sanitary landfill so that paralysis will cause less capacity for future waste, because if this sealing is lifted, the future capacity for the waste is put in danger of Bucaramanga

" Thus, there is only the possibility to receive the waste for the capital of Santander and it is limited to other populations "said Azuero.

statement motivated the immediate response of the mayor of Floridablanca, Hector Mantilla, who indicated that the decision of the municipal administration of Bucaramanga is regrettable, since the other municipalities bring resources to the sanitary landfill.

" We are in a health emergency situation and instead of restricting the arrival of waste, we should consider how the work can be done.You must be very inexperienced in public issues and ignore Colombian regulations for that work does not require permit . "

Mayor Mantilla added that" will generate a serious environmental problem because in addition to Girón, Floridablanca and Piedecuesta, there are 12 other municipalities that would have problems for the final disposal of their waste ".