Xalalá Project Faces Restructuring

Following the failure of the initial bidding process, the National Electrification Institute (INDE) will change the project's structure.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

In the following six months, Inde will conduct feasibility studies, including census and interviews with local people.

"According to the original contract, the stakeholders were responsible of settling communal disputes without participation of the State, and investors saw this as one of the reasons for the failure of last year's tender", reported Prensalibre.com.

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