Colombian town still without water after 22 months . [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Colombian town still without water after 22 months .
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 00:00 Narayan Buckley

While politicians on Monday played the blame game, residents of the small Colombian town of Yopal are close to breaking point, as they approach the two year mark without running water.

Colombia's Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras hit back at alleged claims made by the mayor of Yopal, Willman Enrique Celemin, that the national government had failed to provide financial support to assist in solving the town's water crisis.

"The departmental and municipal governments manage resources of some $930 million which they could use to invest in water, and in three years they have not made a single investment in this regard," said Vargas.

Vargas also said that his ministry had been waiting since June of 2012 to receive a final project proposal from the departmental and municipal governments in order to allocate funds for a solution to the problem, but had yet to receive anything.

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