📋 Tender Overview
Juan Carlos Castro, head of the National Water Authority (ANA), announced the completion of cleaning and de-silting activities in 17 critical points in the Ica region, which will directly benefit 9500 inhabitants by protecting their low-irrigation lands; which belong to small producers of melon, watermelon, grapes and corn.
"It fills us with satisfaction that the goals proposed as a Government are being met, but it does not end here, the commitment of the ANA is to continue promoting not only preventive work but also to start the definitive work," he said.
During the ceremony, he announced that the National Water Authority acquired heavy machinery, which is intended to respond to the alerts that are registered before the flood stage to protect the population. A total of 23 teams will be allocated to the Ica region.
The de-silting work included almost 20 kilometers of desilted riverbed, requiring an investment of S/ 14 million, benefiting the agricultural areas of the provinces of Pisco, Palpa and Nasca in the sectors of: Figueroa, Figueroa Bajo, Huamani, Mariátegui, Gramadal, La Isla, Pampa Grande, Santa Rosa, Tiza, Orcona, Puente Panamericana, Trigal, Estudiantes-San Pablo, Márquez-Hornilla-Poyuri, Cabildo, Papagayo and San Juan-Locarí.
It should be noted that this prevention work is the result of an articulated effort between the Central Government, local and regional authorities, water user organizations, institutions and citizens in general, in order to implement immediate, concrete and necessary measures to face the El Niño phenomenon and avoid situations similar to those that occurred in 2017.
