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The cherry on EPM's disaster pie: Colombia's second largest river dries up
by Adriaan Alsema February 6, 2019
Colombia’s second largest river, the Cauca, virtually dried up on Tuesday after Medellin energy company EPM closed the provisional water discharge of the country’s largest hydroelectric dam project.
Against the order of environmental agency ANLA, EPM closed the engine room tunnel before the filling of the reservoir to prevent the possible collapse of the dam or the mountain supporting the corruption-ridden mega-project.
According to ANLA, it was not informed about the emergency operation until hours before engineers closed the engine room tunnel that had provisionally discharged water after the original discharge tunnels were blocked last year.
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(Image: Camilo Andres Marin)
“We warned about this in the political control debate of [House Representative] David Racer, but they shouted at us we were idiots and incendiary. Disgracefully, time proved us right,” said social leader Camilo Andres Marin on Twitter.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-cherry-on-epms-disaster-pie-colombias-second-largest-river-dries-up/