Congress has passed a bill for the incorporation of the Council for the Development of the Southern Zone, which is planning, among other things, the construction of the dam.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A press release from Congress states:
The news that both the departments of Valle and Choluteca were waiting for came on Tuesday when Congress unanimously approved the establishment of the Council for the Sustainable Development of the Southern Zone.
They are planning, among other things, the construction of the San Fernando Dam in the south of Francisco Morazán and the channelization of the Choluteca river, which will generate thousands of jobs in the area.
The Council was created as an initiative of Juan Orlando Hernandez, president of the National Congress, after these two areas were flooded by the storms that hit the country a few weeks ago.
At the time, Hernandez said "I do not want more short-term solutions that mean our brothers in the South are suffering and losing everything year after year. It's time to make definitive decisions."
One of the first decisions of the legislature was the establishment of a trust of 600 million lempiras to be used for reconstruction of bridges, houses and other infrastructure.
Representatives Yuri Sabas (Choluteca) and José Ángel Saavedra (Valle), are grateful that "We finally are doing something for the people of the south. It's something that people in these departments will never forget. Each rainy season is painful for them, but with the channelization and the San Fernando dam there should be no more flooding."
The concessionaire of the hydroelectric project states that it is not part of the agreement announced by the government and that it hasn't ruled out taking legal action to protect its investment.
From a statement issued by Genisa Generadora del Istmo:
The government has told opposition sectors of its decision to finish the works on the hydroelectric station, but there are no concrete actions to meet that goal.
From a statement issued by presidency of Panama:
The High Level Commission on the issue of Barro Blanco informed the Indigenous and Country People's Commission, in a report, of the conclusion of the first process of dialogue established at Tolé, and the decision to complete the construction of the hydroelectric project Barro Blanco, located on private land in the district of Tole, Chiriqui.
The Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River is putting out to tender mitigation works to preserve the left abutment of the hydroelectric station Cerrón Grande.
According to the specifications of the tender, the contractor must be responsible for management of technical aspects, labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation among other things, in order to carry out mitigation works for the conservation of the left abutment of Hydroelectric station Cerrón Grande.
The project with a cost of $500 million, which aims to generate 180 megawatts for the country, was approved in the National Assembly.
The Special Law for the Development of the Hydroelectric Project in Tumarín establishes, among other things, a deposit of $42 million to the company that will execute the project as a guarantee it will be done.
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