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The National Government announced that it will invest 620,000 million pesos in works to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of the Catatumbo region.
This area is one of the most backward and with the greatest conflicts in the country.
“We were able to see how this region is going to have investments that exceed the 620,000 million, which will be reflected in better water quality, in tertiary roads and also in rural electrification in addition to productive projects«.
President Iván Duque said during a visit to Tibú, one of the municipalities of Catatumbo.
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The president chaired a meeting to review the strategic security of the Norte de Santander region.
There, a large part of the coca crops are produced and the Eln, dissidents from the Farc, the Elp and gangs at the service of drug trafficking operate.
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«We also talked about the urgent need to bring electrification to more than 3,800 families; our agenda will exceed 4,800 families«, Stressed Duque.
In terms of water, 20 aqueducts will be built, and the meeting also talked about programs of productive chains «that provide sustainable income to farmers in the region«.
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The Catatumbo region, which includes 10,089 square kilometersIt is made up of the municipalities of Tibú, El Tarra, Sardinata, El Carmen, Convencion, Teorama, San Calixto, Hacarí, La Playa, Ábrego and Bucarasica.
In the Catatumbo there are 39,636 hectares dedicated to growing coca, equivalent to 20% of the national total, according to the 2019 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
North of Santander is the department with the most hectares dedicated to coca cultivation in the country, surpassing Narino.
