In the Libertador municipality they live between blackouts and destroyed roads

Destroyed roads and constant power outages are the main problems of the inhabitants of the Libertador municipality of the Táchira state, said the mayor of that town, Abdul Salcedo, who this Tuesday went to the regional Legislative Council to explain the situation..

Salcedo specified that the most serious problem in the municipality is the deterioration of the roads, mainly in Trunk 5, destroyed from the Punta de Piedra bridge – border of Táchira and Barinas – to the Piscurí bridge, border of the Libertador municipality with the Fernández municipality. Ugly from the state of Táchira.

“Everything is damaged, it is damagedI have asked the president of the IVT to at least give us the asphalt and I will provide the workers so that we can do at least one patch, but that’s hole after hole“They are not even holes, they are holes that are being seen in everything that is Trunk 5,” he explained.

The mayor recalled that at the beginning of Governor Freddy Bernal’s administration they paved approximately one kilometer of the sector where the Navay Bridge is located, but the rest the entire municipality is impassable. He indicated that those who use Trunk 5 to travel from Táchira to the central states and Caracas take longer, since the poor condition of the road represents a danger for drivers.

He added that The agricultural roads are in the same conditions, which It affects the producers in the area, who find it very difficult to harvest their crops. He stressed that in the municipality there is production of meat, rabbits, pork, milk and cheese, which on some occasions has been lost due to problems on the roads that lead to the production units.

Businesses closed due to power outages in Libertador

Salcedo denounced that Electrical outages and blackouts in the Libertador municipality occur several times a day, Therefore, its inhabitants, mainly merchants, face serious problems. He indicated that the situation, which affects butcher shops and other businesses that depend on refrigeration to keep their products in good condition, has become unsustainable..