Construction company error leaves more than 40 neighborhoods in northern Mazatlán without water – El Sol de Mazatlán

Mazatlán, Sin.-For a bad maneuver in excavation work on public roads, employees of a construction company They broke the line with heavy machinery 18 inch diameter potable water line which goes from the Tank 5 thousand to pumping Valles del Ejido which supplies much of the northern colonies and rural communities.

According to the representative of the company LS Constructions of Durango said the machine that broke the pipe was removed from the site because it was rented and not owned by the construction company.

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Where the events happened It was on Las Torres Avenue almost on the corner with Santa Rosa, in the vicinity of the Jaripillo colony, at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, causing a large torrent of water and affecting the road and pedestrian traffic.

A An anonymous report to Aquatel’s 073 line alerted the Jumapam crew who upon arriving and seeing the magnitude of the spill visualized the damage resulting from the poorly planned maneuvers of a private individual, who did not request permission to excavate or did not ask the Municipality for information about the existence of underground infrastructure in the area.

The procedures for the company responsible for the incident to respond were initiated in the Mazatlán Public Security Secretariat while the engineering team of the operating body took on the task of starting with the damage assessment.

Because of these facts, there is a person detained in the SSP cells when carrying out work in the public roads without the corresponding permits, while the The machine operator fled the scene.

According to the staff of the Jumapam Operations Management, to start the work of pipeline repair It is necessary to completely empty it of water, which could take several hours.

It was specified on site that the damage is of such magnitude that due to this failure With more than 40 colonies affected and some rural communities, However, we will work hard to restore supply as soon as possible.

The alert is for users of and the colonies located in the northern area of ​​Mazatlán to make a rationed use of water for avoid running out of this vital liquid.