📋 Tender Overview
The residents of Nieveria, Paraiso and Santa Maria de Huachipa also participated in the third information workshop.
The Environmental Evaluation and Supervision Agency (OEFA), an entity attached to the Ministry of the Environment, met with representatives of the District Municipality of Lurigancho-Chosica, the population and the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks East Lima, to address the environmental problems generated by the brick kilns installed in this area of the city.
It was reported that, in the last two years, the OEFA carried out 71 environmental supervision actions, 19 of them with monitoring of atmospheric emissions. Likewise, 23 administrative measures were issued to various brickyards in Huachipa to reduce air pollution.
Currently, OEFA monitors air quality in the Lurigancho-Chosica district through three environmental monitoring stations operational since 2021, located in Nieveria, El Paraiso and Santa Maria de Huachipa. In addition, it carries out nighttime aerial inspections with a drone equipped with a thermal sensor.
The meeting took place within the framework of the third informative workshop, in which the OEFAs inspection actions and the importance of complying with the commitments of the Multisectoral Action Plan led by the Ministry of the Environment were explained. Residents from the sectors of Nieveria, Santa Maria de Huachipa and Paraiso also participated; and public entities.
The activity also presented progress in the identification of new productive units; the results of environmental supervisions and monitoring, including air quality; the status of compliance with administrative measures; and ongoing inter-institutional coordination.
The OEFA reaffirms its commitment to continue with supervision, verify compliance with the measures and constantly monitor the environmental problems in the area.
