The usual movement of people and people in the northern part of Bogotá changed since the early hours of Monday, when dozens of users had to get out of the collection vehicles to cross the stretch of 100th Street and Carrera 47A on foot towards their destination.
Numerous videos published on social networks showed the scene: Long queues of people due to the interruption of the mixed street.
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The Ministry of Mobility reported the demonstration in this west-east sector from 5:53 a.m. and reported direct impacts on vehicle and passenger traffic.
According to César Restrepo, Bogota’s security minister, the blockade was caused by a group of recyclers. The official explained that the action was related to the capital authorities’ recent decision to enforce current regulations.
“The Bogotá Mayor’s Office and the various entities enforce the law as required, as is our mission. Part of what we’ve noticed on the streets is that some groups of recyclers are doing street segregation.what is forbidden,” Restrepo said during a press conference.
The Minister of Security further explained: “In addition, they leave waste on the street and if you look at the general discussion in the city, this waste dumped on the street, which creates accumulations of garbage, causes us as a city a lot of problems, a lot of problems in terms of public health, a lot of problems in terms of order, a lot of problems in terms of mobility, and therefore the authorities have to apply the rules since they do not prescribe to enforce the mechanisms to carry out the recycling works in the city.” City are fulfilled.”
In this way, César Restrepo explained: “Due to the application of the law, which responds to the request of citizens that we do not allow the disposal of garbage or street recycling on the street, So there is a group of people who work in this activity and this morning they decided to make the lives of the people of Bogotá bitter.”
Finally, the official reported: “We will apply the restoration of order and mobility once these procedures have been exhausted, for a simple and straightforward reason.” Since all tables were open, the entire conversation was open, but the law cannot be negotiated“.
The leader of the recyclers in Bogotá, Magda, has pointed out that the Materials and tools confiscated by the authorities will not be returned immediatelybut remain stored in much of the Uaesp (Special Administrative Unit for Public Services) in La Alquería, pending an administrative decision.
According to the director, this situation creates an additional obstacle for those who rely on this work.
In statements about Blue morningsMagda criticized the administration’s actions: “The dump trucks and cars from the mayor’s office come to confiscate the material to bury it in Doña Juana.”
The leader claimed that these processes, implemented in cities such as Chapinero and Usaquén, have had a drastic impact on the daily lives of recyclers. The work involves not only the confiscation of the recovered material, but also the loss of the forklifts, tools essential to their activity.
The dissatisfaction, he explained, stems from the development of operations carried out by the local authorities, which, in his view, directly threatens the existence of his union. “The operations of the local mayors take away the materials and tools from their colleagues,” Magda assured the station.
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