Total closure of the Bogotá-Tunja highway due to mudslides and rocks after heavy rains

So far there is no report of injured or missing persons. Five houses were evacuated in a preventive manner due to the risk of new landslides in the area.

The Cundinamarca Fire Department confirmed the total closure of the Bogotá-Tunja highway after the mud, rocks and vegetation slide that fell on the corridor, in the La Grabillera sector, in the rural area of ​​the Chocontá municipality.

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With the closure of the road, five homes in the area were also evacuated in a preventive manner due to the high probability of new landslides that could represent a major emergency. So far there has been no structural emergency, or report of missing or injured people.

The personnel and machinery of the Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso road concession are carrying out the removal work to enable the road. On the other hand, the personnel of the road quadrant of the National Police also carry out traffic management to guarantee mobility in the area.

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The closure occurred exactly at kilometer 64 + 800, in the Retiro de Blancos village, in the municipality of Chocontá.

“We are working to reopen the road with the preventive activation of the Municipal Risk Management Council and the Departmental Risk Management Unit. We also have the activation of the Fire Department of Chocontá, but also of Suesca and Sesquilé in case of additional requirement ”, informed Captain Álvaro Farfán, departmental delegate of the Cundinamarca Fire Department.