"Snow will be a thing of the past, Earth is becoming too hot for snow" -Comment made 13 years ago. Bolivia – Snowfall more than five-feet deep “causing serious problems” Snow over five feet cause serious problems on the roads and despair among the inhabitants of mining centers as Pacuni , Argentina , Mallachuma , Amporio , Viloco and South American , are virtually isolated from the rest of the department. Technical Department of Civil Service ( SEDCAM ) of the Government of La Paz , conducted an inspection of the surrounding routes just Pacuni mining centers , Argentina Mallachuma , Amporio , Viloco and Mina Sudamericana, which remained isolated and severe damage part of its machinery and infrastructure. An official report described the situation as follows : " surrounded by gigantic cliffs of the Cordillera Oriental and white landscape with a result of heavy snowfall in recent days and accompanied by local authorities , it was observed that the snow reached the height of five feet , thus preventing motor output , even from people because it is difficult to walk in those conditions. Pacuni mining centers and Argentina were isolated since last Saturday. " Panfilo Brand , president Quime City Council , was present during the inspection and said that weather conditions during the last days were terrible : "We are cut off from the rest of the department . Snow has created havoc in our sheds and compressors, which have been damaged and no longer work , which prevents the production in the extraction of minerals. " He added that lack of the compressors, all extraction work on mine have been suspended Pacuni and Argentina , when not working , they lose them as cooperative , the Central Government and the Government department , they no longer receive royalties from the exploitation of mineral . THE BIG PICTURE IN Viloco The situation is no less desperate in Mallachuma and Amporio , Mina Viloco and South American populations are behind the peaks of their countrymen Pacuni and Argentina . According to the president of Surveillance, Peter Villca , fog and snow have affected the locomotion of the population reaches a 100 cooperatives and 500 residents . The production has been reduced to only a truck carrying lead and tin , instead of the ten that usually sold per month . Giving only a gain of less than two thousand bolivianos per worker. The population , according to recent reports in Inquisivi SEDCAM residence , indicates that you can move to their places of origin, because the machinery has cleared the path from the entrance of the road Konani - Quime , to the mine Sudamericana. GOVERNMENT SENT MACHINERY Ramiro Ticona , director of SEDCAM , after meeting with the affected people , said the machine close to the affected areas would enter for clearance of the roads. " We have observed that the snow has reached a height of five feet . The orders of the former department , César Cacarico were precise about it: the immediate shipment of heavy equipment for snow removal and give respite to over a thousand people who are locked into this mining centers " As a first step , the region is being attended Viloco and people can move cautiously towards the main road Oruro -La Paz. In the part of Pacuni , walkability will in the coming hours . " The work will be continued until this weekend , hoping that the weather improves and help us finish the work we are doing emergency " ended Ticona.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 02:33:57 +0000
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