domingo, 10 de diciembre de 2017

Majes Siguas II - Agroenergético Project - Arequipa

The mega-export project Majes Siguas II becomes a reality, meant more than three decades of waiting in the Arequipa region. This week, the main works to put it in motion finally begin. Today, the huge tunnel boring machine brought from China will start drilling the Pucará and Trasandino tunnels, which will have a total length of 16 kilometers.

Through these pipes of five meters in diameter, the water of the Apurímac River will be transferred to the pampas de Majes, where 38,500 hectares of land will be irrigated. Comptroller for the Majes Siguas II project, which questions the excessive purchase of land and the increase in the budget. The construction consortium proposed changes to the Angostura dam, tunnel and preliminary works. The Regional Government of Arequipa agrees with modifications, but not with additional payment of more than US $ 85 million as required by the consortium.

Who will take the difference? If someone thought that the path of Majes Siguas II was clear, a report from the Comptroller General of the Republic shows that the problems persist. Not only are there questions about the excessive purchase of land for the Angostura dam; There is also an increase in the budget of US $ 85 million 72 thousand 603, generated by the optimization works proposed by the construction consortium, Angostura Siguas. Who will pay that balance? Autodema approved the changes, but they affirm that they will not assume the difference, which could become a new conflict.

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