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300,000 without energy on Colombian coast

by Miriam Wells January 17, 2012

Mauricio Cardenas

Hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity on Colombia’s Caribbean coast after strong river currents leaves a vulnerable gas pipeline exposed.

There are also severe shortages of gas and water in the seven affected departments, with only 20% of normal supplies available.

The country’s Mining and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas said that the situation was very delicate; a rationing system had been imposed but he was unable to say how long it would last.

He said, “The [Magdalena] river current has left a 100m segment [of the pipeline] exposed; this makes it vulnerable to breakages, so we made the decision to shut off the flow of gas. This gas supplies the plants which generate electricity.”

 

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