To protest aquifer encroachment, El Puente residents take over municipal building

Starting at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, The municipal building in El Puente, Guarajos province, is being occupied by residents. Calls for the eviction of people who illegally settled in the aquifer area within the city radius, known as El Cañón.

Specifically, they are Residents of the 31 de Mayo neighborhoodThis is where the aquifer is located, providing the main source of vital liquids for the population, journalist Haber Eguez told EL DEBER in Ascension Island.

The reporter pointed out in the report The number of residents is about 100. The affected area exceeds 10 hectares.

In response, Mayor Puenteño Profell Huaylla told the media that the commune’s legal department had represented the case in court, so it was the tribunal (court) that had to act.