This Thursday afternoon, the contamination of a piece of the El Piro stream, which crosses Antiguo Cuscatlán, division of La Libertad, was reported on social networks, for which the immediate intervention of the authorities of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources was requested. (MARN), to research this matter.
The water has a reddish coloration within the space of Siemens Boulevard, within the district of Antiguo Cuscatlán, which provides rise to considering that one of many firms in that sector discharged contaminated water.
Later, Environment groups traveled upstream of the world the place the change in coloration was detected. Those from MARN had been accompanied by delegates from the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR).
#EnvironmentalInspection| Our technical crew visits completely different factors upstream of the world the place a change in coloration was detected within the water of the El Piro stream. In conjunction with the @FGR_SVwe’re investigating the origin of this contamination. pic.twitter.com/uzgGs0Tc1u
— Ministry of Environment (@MedioAmbienteSV) May 16, 2024
Another state of affairs of the identical nature occurred on July 4, 2022, the place a manufacturing unit in Plan de La Laguna threw chemical compounds into the El Piro ravine, and for which the president of the Board of Directors of St. Jack’s Industries. The firm is accused of aggravated environmental harm.
On that event it was stated that the textile firm took benefit of the rise in flows to discharge chemical compounds utilized in its manufacturing.