The issue of the theft of electrical networks in the department of Atlantic It is a crime that has been growing and impacting the pockets of users and merchants.
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To date the air-e company reports the theft of no less than 30 kilometers of cable throughout the department, which is equivalent to the distances between Barranquilla and the municipality of Santo Tomas.
The stolen copper and aluminum cables are sold by thieves in junkyards.
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The last case took place in the rural area of Tubará, in the north of the department, where 110 meters of electrical networks were stolen.
But this situation is not unrelated to the capital of the Department where thieves have taken 3,800 meters of cable in the Center sector and its surroundings alone.
Sectors such as Barranquillita, in the vicinity of the Port Corridor, is another area where blackouts are permanently reported due to cable theft.
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The center was full of people and as soon as it got dark, the shoppers began to leave
A recent example, explains the director of Asocentro, Dina Luz Pardo, was on December 24 when, as a result of the theft of cables in the Villanueva neighborhood, the Center lost power at approximately 5 pm, “which was fatal. ”.
Pardo assures that the situation, which did not reach the media, affected the sale of some 2,500 merchants.” The center was full of people and as soon as it got dark, the shoppers started to leave.”
Proposal to curb cable theft
The Air-e company proposed the creation of a cooperation network between users, merchants, Police, Mayor’s Office, investigative agencies and judges.
The intention is to carry out an investigation that will allow us to determine who are the ones who steal, who sell and distribute the copper and aluminum from these networks.
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In addition, the installation of security cameras by the mayor’s office was proposed at critical points, such as track 40Villanueva and Port Corridor.
“It is essential to work with the leaders and the community itself in the sectors where power cables are stolen, therefore within the strategies to be established, it is not only to train them, but also to motivate or encourage them. All of this should be discussed at the work tables that the office is expected to convene soon for the Ssafety and coexistence”, Pardo pointed out.
LEONARDO HERRERA DELGANS
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