The Attorney General’s Office managed to stop the hotel project being built in the Tota lagoon

The First Administrative Court of Sogamoso, Boyacá, decreed the precautionary measure of risk prevention requested by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, to protect the hydrographic account of Laguna de Tota.

The Public Ministry requested maintain the suspension of the construction of the hotel project carried out by the HWM SAS Business Group., in the La Vega estate, located in the Buitreros village of the Cuitiva municipality, which is within the round of protection of the lake’s ecosystem.

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Apparently, the sector where the work is carried out does not have an aqueduct system and sewerage network, nor would it have the permits for discharges and water concessions from the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Boyacá – Corpoboyacá.

For the control entity, it is essential to verify compliance with the protocols and technical requirements, before continuing with the construction of the hotel and its possible opening, in order to avoid potential ecological alterations and risks to the environment.

He also warned that the lake is an important source of water supply for seven municipalities, about 20% of the population of the department of Boyacá, and has been recognized as an endangered bird conservation area.

Finally, the court indicated that the preventive measure must be maintained while it is determined that there are no damages and risks that affect the flora, fauna and the water ecosystem.

The Attorney General’s Office ordered the suspension of the water supply of the Tota lagoon due to excess lead

Diego Fernando Trujillo Marín, Deputy Attorney for Environmental and Agrarian Affairs, and Alicia López Alfonso, 32nd Attorney at the Judicial I Agrarian and Environmental Affairs of Boyacá, They asked to suspend the supply of water for human consumption, which derives from Lake Tota to the municipalities of Sogamoso, Nobsa, Aquitania, Iza, Tota, Cuítiva and Firavitoba, in the department of Boyacá.

According to the attorneys, this situation represents a serious risk to the health and life of the inhabitants of the municipalities in question, which is why they decided to protect the fundamental rights to life, health, a healthy environment and drinking water of the citizens who are supplied from Lake Tota.

The protection was filed before the judges of the Tunja circuit against the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture and Health, as well as the National Institute for the Surveillance of Medicines and Food (Invima), the ICA, the Superintendency of Home Public Services, the Government of Boyacá, Corpoboyacá and the municipalities of Nobsa, Sogamoso, Iza, Firavitoba, Cuítiva, Tota and Aquitania.

With the mechanism, Corpoboyacá was also ordered to establish which is the source of lead that is polluting the ecosystem and that in turn, “immediately manage preventive measures, processing the environmental sanctioning processes and transferring it to the Attorney General’s Office to investigate crimes against natural resources “.

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The court action in turn requested that the Superintendency of Home Public Services is ordered to monitor the providers of the aqueduct service of the municipalities, so that they implement measures and processes that end in the removal of lead in their drinking water treatment systems.

On the other hand, The Attorney General’s Office asked the Ministry of the Environment and Corpoboyacá “to verify that the appropriate dumping and treatment permits are being properly complied with by the municipalities and establishments that discharge their wastewater into the lake ”. These measures seek to find protection mechanisms for the ecosystem of this natural water reserve.