Subsidy authorized for the payment of drinking water to vulnerable people in Culiacán

Culiacán, Sinaloa.- At the proposal of Mayor Jesús Estrada Ferreiro, the Board of Directors of the Board of Drinking Water and Sewerage of Guasave (Japac), which he presides, unanimously approved granting a 100 percent subsidy in the payment of drinking water only to people who demonstrate total economic insolvency and for the duration of said insolvency. Through a statement, the parastatal confirmed that, in addition, it was determined to regulate the discount granted by Japac to Retirees and Pensioners, in order to reorder this situation and that the discount is granted only to users who really need it. Read more: “They are pure joints and beaters”: Estrada Ferreiro will request the removal of immunity and impeachment against four Sinaloa deputies And although they assure that the benefit is not eliminated, they specify that this discount will be subsidized by the municipality of Culiacán, since they argue that “Article 50 of the Drinking Water Law categorically prohibits the granting of exemptions regarding the payment of fees and fees for the services provided by the drinking water boards; being therefore unconstitutional the provisions of the last paragraph of that numeral”. The Water Board recalled that this issue was touched on in previous sessions, and that it represents more than 32 million pesos that Japac is forced to budget to support the total of retirees and pensioners of the municipality; and affirms that among these beneficiaries “there are many users who have sufficient economic capacity to pay the payment. Therefore, the Board of Directors determined that: “Taking into account the possibility of applying the benefit established in the second paragraph of article 50 of the Drinking Water and Sewerage Law of the State of Sinaloa, and that it effectively reaches all users who really occupy the support due to their situation of economic vulnerability, which is the spirit of the law that established this benefit, based on the principle of equity, it was proposed to generate a fund to be applied for the benefit of retired or retired users, as support for 50% of the rates and fees for the services provided by the Board, provided that the following requirements are met:I. That it is at the request of a party, by written request of the beneficiary; II. Prove your quality of Pensioner or Retiree.III. That in the home to be benefited family income less than two minimum wages is obtained, in accordance with the socioeconomic study that will be prepared by JAPAC personnel;IV. That it is registered in the register of users of domestic service with at least one year of seniority;V. That the applicant, in his capacity as owner of the property, lives in the
address to benefit;VI. That they have a drinking water intake, whose monthly consumption does not exceed 15 m3; VII. That they are up to date in the payments of the drinking water service and Predial.Read more: They will approve on December 16, the Sinaloa budget, Feliciano Castro commitsEses these agreements, will enter into force from January 2022, the statement specifies. Horse “attacks” woman during horseback riding in Colima.
In November 2002 I joined the editorial staff of Periódico EL DEBATE as part of the sports coverage team, in Guasave, Sinaloa. Two years later I moved to the Local Information area, where I eventually participated in the coverage of police information and in responsibilities as co-editor of the daily edition for several years. In 2014 I joined the newly created Research Unit and the following year I obtained second place in the Codesin Award for Journalism and Competitiveness 2015 contest, organized by the Council for economic development of Sinaloa, with the Serial entitled: Impact of the use and abuse of agrochemicals on health and the environment in Sinaloa. In 2017 I joined the newsroom in Culiacán, Sinaloa, where I was part of the finalist team of the IAPA Journalistic Excellence Award 2017, in the category of in-depth journalism with the report: Intimidate journalists. What is Sergio Torres hiding? In 2019 I was part of the team that was among the three finalists of the Roche Prize for Journalism in Health, with the investigation Black Market of medicines. I have a degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad de Occidente. And as a journalist, I have experience and like electoral political coverage, in-depth interviews, data analysis, corruption and transparency, security, legislation and government. I am currently editor of Politics for debate.com.mx. See more



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