This was declared during the inauguration of the National Asbestos Congress organized by the neighborhood association “El Tajo”, indicated the town hall in a press release.
Carlos Velázquez indicated that it is planned to carry out a project with a significant economic amount this detailed map of buildings, public and private that contain asbestos, not only in the neighborhood of Santa María de Benquerencia, but also in the city challenge.
Once all the data has been collected, said the mayor, we will work on planning the gradual removal of asbestos, “because the solution involves removing it and treating it as what it is, hazardous waste.”
In this sense, Velázquez assured which will start with buildings belonging to the municipality, “because we are not going to limit ourselves to demanding from other administrations what they must do, we are trying to respect what our obligation is, How we are doing with the Tagus or how we are doing in terms of infrastructure take action to prevent damage caused by flooding.
For this reason, “we want to set an example and do what we can within our powers and within our reach, and in this case we are going to create this map that no one will do for us,” he said. -he declared. reiterates the mayor. Something that, according to Velázquez, “will give us more strength to demand that the rest of the competent administrations, fundamentally the regional administration as responsible for Environment and Health issues, also assume their responsibilities.”
Finally, he congratulated the “El Tajo” Neighborhood Association for its work and for holding this congress which will address the issue from different aspects, including health, social, legal and environmental.
