The mayor of Montevideo and candidate for the Frente Amplio indicated that “environmental studies are lacking.”
The mayor of Montevideo in use of license and presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio (FA), Carolina Cossecelebrated the “brake” of the Neptune project (better known as Arazatí project) after the judge Alejandro Recarey pointed out that there are grounds to “suppose” a partial privatization process in the future supply of drinking water for the metropolitan area.
This Monday, the capital’s leader celebrated Recarey’s sentence and said she felt “relief” for the decision of the Power of attorneysince he understands that “environmental studies are lacking” in Arazatí (San José) to carry out the project.
“I feel it as a relief, it seems to me that it is important that all the environmental studies be done, that the process is not rushed and that it be studied deeply,” said Cosse.
Asked about Judge Recarey’s definition of “partial privatization”, the Frente Amplista candidate stated that she will not give an opinion on the ruling of Justice, since she trusts it. “As a Uruguayan, I feel relieved that there has been a stoppage in a project that is highly questioned in its timeliness, its respect for the environment, its effectiveness,” she continued.
“How are they going to respond to 70 days of salinity if it is not a desalination plant?” Cosse asked the media present and added: “Are they going to cross the wetland? These are things that we have to be very careful about.” Uruguay“.
For its part, the National Commission in Defense of Water and Life and the group Tucu-Tucuthe two organizations opposed to the signing of the contract between SBI and the consortium Waters of Montevideothey positively valued the lawyer’s ruling.
The government will appeal this week the ruling against the Arazatí project
He Executive power and SBI They will appeal this week the ruling against the signing of the contract for the construction of the water purification plant in Arazatí.
Through a statement, SBI assures that the Arazatí project “guarantees a basic right to the population residing in Montevideo and the metropolitan area”, such as access to drinking water.
Source: Ambito
