The works carried out by Corpoguajira have served to protect the properties and neighborhoods of El Molino during the strong winter wave that crosses the Colombian Caribbean.
The construction of 16.400 cubic meters of gabion on both sides of the river, will reduce levels of erosion and prevent displacement of earth slopes.
With the project of construction of protection works in the sectors of the Totumitos, Catatumbo and Casiquillo del Rio Cargabarros, the recovery of the channel has been achieved and the overflow of the body of water has been avoided.
Through erosion control works, excavation, filling and cleaning channel, Progress has been made in the recovery of the fluvial geomorphology of the river in the aforementioned sectors, which has markedly reduced wandering and undermining and therefore the damage caused by floods in rainy seasons of previous years.
The Cargabarros river has not been immune to anthropic intervention because there is invasion of its banks by human settlements, inadequate disposal of solid waste generating visual and natural contamination of the water body, increasing the central problem is the deterioration of the channel.
The project aims to guarantee the welfare of 8.728 inhabitants of the municipality seeking to reduce the effect of river floods on the banks of the channel and facilitate the normal transit of floods in its lower sector, This will mitigate the risk of flooding of homes, buildings and neighborhoods.
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