The head of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS), Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, announced that the Executive has terminated the contract with the Mexican consortium Titicaca Ecological Operator (OPETI) in charge of the Wastewater Treatment Plants project in the Titicaca Basin (WWTP-Titicaca).
The official highlighted that the Executive made this decision due to non-compliance of the concessionairecomposed of the Mexican companies Fypasa Construcciones and Operadora de Ecosistemas.
However, he stated that there will be a new call for the completion of the megaproject. “We are going to have a clean, orderly process, improving technology, so that there is not so much water“Even if it is treated, it should go to the lake,” he stated.
In a previous statement, the MVCS had reported that OPETI abandoned the works since December 13, 2022to the detriment of the Puna population who have waited for this project for more than a decade, which is why the resolution process began on the 15th of this month.
It should be noted that the WWTP-Titicaca will benefit around 1 million 175,000 residents of Puno, Juliaca, Ilave, Juli, Ayaviri, Moho, Azángaro, Lampa, Huancané and Yunguyo. Its planned investment was S/863 million.
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Green light. He MVCS He also granted the approval for the execution of the water and sanitation project in the Puno district of Coata.
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Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, Minister of Housing
“Let’s get a clean process“, organized, improving technology, so that there is not so much water, even if it is treated, that goes to the lake, because the lake is our heritage, of Puno, of Peru and the world.”
Source: Larepublica
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