The collective ‘Foro Ambiental del Cesar’ reiterated to the mayor’s office of Valledupar the fulfillment of the suspension of the urban work that is being carried out in Cerro Hurtado, located northeast of the capital of Cesar.
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The group’s alarm occurs after the preventive interruption measure of said project recently established by the Municipal Government Secretariat.
There is a planning concept that details urban infractions in this sector.
The Hurtado hill is part of the system
mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Beneficiaries of the project are not respecting the suspension. On Saturday, a commission from the Comptroller’s Office was verifying. We had to bring police to comply with the interruption of the work
“The beneficiaries of this project are not respecting the suspension. On Saturday, a commission from the Comptroller General of the Republic was verifying the issue. We had to take the police to comply with the interruption of the work”, stressed a member of the Environmental Forum of Cesar.
The Hurtado hill is part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain systemconsidered one of the sacred sites of the indigenous people of this region, which is made up of 37 hectares of tropical dry forest, which strengthen the biodiversity reservoir of the urban area of Valledupar.
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It also forms, on its eastern slope, one of its peripheral foothills that make it a benchmark for the green infrastructure of the city and a natural heritage of this town.
It is connected to the basin that contributes to the Guatapurí River, the main tributary of the capital of Cesar, where numerous species of regional flora are found, some already centuries old, which have become the support, the habitat, of an important population of wild animals. .
“Without the existence of this ecosystem, it is very likely that the current population of animals, adjacent to the Hurtado spa, could disappear in a short time; and, that of birds would also decrease significantly, affecting the biodiversity and its genetic wealth in this area”, explained Eudis De León, spokesperson for the Environmental Forum of Cesar.
urban project
Soil intervention that will destroy its physical structure and affect the stability of the terrain. It is a considerable damage not only to the soil but also to the vegetation that will be cut down.
The work is part of an urban project that contemplates the construction of 33 houses in an approximate area of 11,000 square meters in this sector, after the approval of a modification of the Territorial Ordering Plan (POT), which allowed the development of housing projects in this zone.
“However, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cesar (Corpocesar), urges the municipality to carry out the review and adjustment of the urban component of the POT because its short-term validity has expired, in order to apply measures to protect the 100% of the Hurtado hill”, stressed Corpocesar.
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For the environmental group, the construction of the first house in said “block F” will be the starting order and the legitimacy for the urbanization of this entire area.
According to them, the construction of houses will require the prior leveling of the land due to its steep slope, which causes a negative impact on the ecosystem in general.
“Soil intervention that will destroy its physical structure and affect the stability of the terrain. It is a considerable damage not only to the soil but also to the vegetation that will be cut down, if the depth (30 meters) and the width (12 meters) of each of the thirty-three (33) lots estimated for construction are taken into account. of the houses”, highlighted the spokesman.
Ongoing lawsuit
The presence of inhabitants of these houses, about 200 people, will generate unbearable odors and noise pollution for the animals that have the Hurtado hill as their natural habitat.
In addition, during the construction phase of the project, noise levels will be generated that will scare off birds and many other animals that are sensitive to human interventions in that ecosystem.
This would be an irreparable and traumatic damage, since it would affect the health and psychological tranquility of the population. It will end its cultural importance and destroy a natural and tourist heritage of the city.
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“The permanent presence of the inhabitants of these houses, approximately 200 people, will generate unbearable odors and sound pollution for the animals that have the Hurtado hill as their natural habitat, irreversibly affecting their biodiversity,” the spokesperson said.
At present, a demand or individualized compliance agreement is in progress that seeks to stop said work.
“It is aimed at protecting the rights and collective interests of citizens, seeking to avoid contingent damage, to put an end to the danger, threat, violation or injury on all the hills of the city. We raise the request for the suspension of the work until the Honorable Administrative Court of Cesar is pronounced on the merits, “said Silvio Alonso Cuello Chinchilla, representative of Valledupar.
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