Approximately eight thousand metric tons of uncollected waste filled the streets of the Cochabamba municipality as residents in the area demanded the closure of the dumpster they say is affecting their health.
Piles of garbage is seen along streets across Cochabamba as residents living near the Kara Kara dump continue to carry out a now 14-day-long blockade of the landfill asking for its definitive closure.
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Piles of garbage is seen along streets across Cochabamba as residents living near the Kara Kara dump continue to carry out a now 14-day-long blockade of the landfill asking for its definitive closure.
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00:00Approximately 8,000 metric tons of uncollected waste filled the streets of the Cochabamba
00:07municipality as residents in the area demanded the closure of the dumpster they say is affecting
00:13their health.
00:14Piles of garbage is seen along streets across Cochabamba as residents living near the Caracara
00:19dump continue to carry out a now 14-day-long blockade of the landfill, asking for its definitive
00:26closure.
00:27It's the worst that they can't solve.
00:31There are tons of garbage and we are close to a market where we are infecting the merchants
00:39who come to buy cough and stomach infection.
00:45According to local media, the Agro-Environmental Court of Cochabamba admitted on Thursday the
00:51appeal filed by neighbors of the Caracara area to suspend the entry of garbage into
00:57the landfill, but gave a deadline until April 20th for solid waste to enter the site, something
01:03that the residents refused to allow.
01:06According to the head of epidemiology of the Departmental Health Service of Cochabamba,
01:11Ruben Castillo, in the last two weeks, there has been an increase in cases related to acute
01:17diarrheal diseases and hepatitis that could indicate a relation with the accumulation
01:22of garbage in the streets and avenues.
01:25The pollution from these solid waste that we usually discard tends to have an impact
01:32on health.
01:33It's been two weeks and coincidentally, in the last two weeks, there has been an increase
01:38in cases related to acute diarrheal diseases.
01:43Hepatitis cases have also increased.
01:45And that could indicate a relation that has this health problem that we currently have.
01:53Due to the garbage problem, the Mayor's Office and the Cochabamba Municipal Council
01:57decided to suspend the Day of the Pedestrian, scheduled for Sunday.