The tragedy that occurred in the municipality of keep me in cundiamanarca has this department and the department on alert GoalBecause of its proximity to the capital of the country, there are innumerable affectations.
On the one hand, as a result of this problem, the road corridor has been closed and although it would be open in a couple of weeks, in these remaining fifteen days the load will be affected.
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On the one hand, the transportation sector, through the union of Colfecarhas indicated that transfer times will increase, since it takes them to connect the two cities through this route (Bogota and Villavicencio) in an approximate time of 2.5 hours, whereas now it will take them 15 hours for the corridor Sisga, Tunja, Paipa, Duitama, Sogamoso, Pajarito, Agua Azul, Monterrey, Algarrobo, Villanueva, Barranca de Upía, Paratebueno, Cumaral, Restrepo and Villavicencio when traveling more than 353 kilometers, while by the occasional road the route is 126 kilometers.
“With the increase in distances for alternate routes and taking into account that transportation is an activity that has variable costs that increase with the greater number of kilometers to travel, it is expected that carriers assume higher costs in items such as: fuels (475%), tolls (40%), tires, filters, lubricants, among others.”, says the union report.
Via al Llano
Likewise, they confirm that before the emergency the freight for a truck on the Bogotá – Villavicencio route was approximately $3 million, now for the alternate route it is estimated that this will be $5.5 million, which implies an 83% increase in expenses.
“With the foregoing, it is estimated that the cost overrun for the sector would be more than $2.7 billion per day, due to being forced to take alternative routes. As it is, we are projecting that the economic impact for the sector will be $38 billion for the two weeks that the normal Vía al Llano would be closed until it is enabled again.”, explains the union in the study.
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In the same way, indicate that the productivity of the sector will be affected in that region of the countrygiven that by changing the traditional route for one whose route is longer, the number of possible trips during a month will decrease.
“Our request to the Government is that, in the case of cargo vehicles that are using alternate routes, they are not charged the value of the tolls, to somewhat cushion the cost overruns. Just as it is urgent to update the SICE-TAC according to alternate routes while the emergency is overcome”, they point out.
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In addition to the connectivity difficulties, they are latent, and when there are connectivity barriers, Another sector that will have challenges this season is the producer.
According to Colombian Farmers Society (SAC) There are more than 1,900 tons of chicken meat per week that move through this corridor, in addition to 3,000 tons of concentrated feed and more than a million day-old chicks that have to move through this road corridor.
Via al Llano
In the case of pig farming, there are more than 1,200 weekly tons of meat, 800 live animals. 2,000 tons per month that come from Meta to the city of Bogotá in the case of aquaculture and products such as auyamathe guavahe passion fruit, sideburn, pineapple and banana which also leave the departments of the eastern plains towards the center of the country.
“For this reason, from the SAC we insist not only on fixing the tracks from a structural point of view, but also on preparing the aid that the producers require if this situation continues over time.“, he pointed Jorge Bedoya, president of the SAC.
(There will be monitoring of ticket prices due to the closure of the road to Llano).
Besides, The main concern of the producers is precisely the mobilization of their products, since the supply of vehicles would decrease.
“The problem is not so much the extraction of the rice, but the shortage of trucks to carry the green rice from the farms. That is what the problem can present to us because with the road closed and the return that must be made, which is a 15-hour return, we do not know how many trucks will venture to come to mobilize the harvest in the plains. That is what concerns us the most”, he acknowledged Rafael Hernández, general manager of Fedearroz.
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Meanwhile, the National government announced that two metal bridges will be installed in the Naranjal sector, where the damage occurred in order to restore traffic through this corridor, however, this will take a couple of weeks. The first should be ready on July 28.
According to the minister, starting from Thursday, “In a week, the passage at the emergency site would be enabled, in a controlled manner, and in two weeks the installation of the second bridge would be carried out, which would guarantee normal operation at the site.”.
Ticket prices rise and cannot cope
Although on the day of the emergency the Government urged the different airlines to increase their frequencies to connect the Vanguardia de Villavicencio airport with the rest of the country, Hundreds of people have denounced that prices have doubled because of the situation in the Llanos.
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However the Ministry of Transport reiterated that the Aerocivil took actions to expand the availability of flights to and from the Villavicencio airport, with supervision of ticket prices.
“What we have asked Aerocivil and which is already working with the three airlines that have flights in the area, is to establish a ceiling for ticket prices and additionally increase frequencies. This is added to an additional capacity that we have requested from inter-municipal transport companies so that on alternate routes they can increase dispatch frequencies and maintainr,” he said Minister William Camargo.
PAULA GALEANO BALAGUERA
DIANA K. RODRIGUEZ
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