Work has stopped due to protests from residents,
On February 9th, more than 60 residents of El Chante protested against a new real estate development connecting to their water well. Credit: Archive.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).– There is still no resolution. Dialogues between the Jocotepec City Hall and the residents of El Chante continue after disagreement over the connection of the community’s water well to a new housing development.
Last Monday, February 28th, the two parties met for the second time. The government was represented by Municipal Trustee, Carlos Alberto Zúñiga Chacón, General Secretary, Rogelio Ramos Pérez, and Felipe Aguilar Montes de Oca, Director of Social Communication.
The residents of El Chante explained that the documentation given to them at the February 14th meeting, in which the legitimacy of the controversial development Ribera Capital Living S.A.P.I de C.V. was assured, was not sufficient for them. As a result, no agreement was reached to restart the work of connecting the water and sewage pipes. Montes de Oca says that a further meeting was agreed upon, but it has not yet been scheduled.
Residents of the riverside community demanded that this time, they be given an official document, on City Hall letterhead, and not the «quick» document that the Public Works Department of Jocotepec gave them in the last meeting.
In addition to the corresponding permits, Felipe Aguilar informed that a water use study will be completed. The study will be done by specialized engineers, and hopefully resolve the questions of the people, as well as give an accounting of the resources used.
A five-member committee will be formed to represent the community of El Chante; they will be in charge of monitoring that all the documentation is in order. They will also ensure that the agreements between both parties are respected, and that they are executed to the letter.
«They want to tell us one thing and give us the runaround, but we are all skilled stonemasons here, we know how to do this,» commented the inhabitants interviewed.
Translated by Amy Esperanto
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