The mountains of the Poblado neighborhood do not support more!
14.10.2013 20:01
Photo collapsed building in the neighborhood El Poblado in Medellin - AFP
The collapse of a building in the Space residential is not new in the city. This tragedy is part of a chain of events related to the overpopulation of developments, groundwater and topographic actors Medellin.
In 2008, El Espectador newspaper reported: "two children and one adult dead, and 10 people missing by a landslide on Sunday in the exclusive sector of El Poblado in Medellin.
65,000 meters of land cubic buried six houses, killing five children and six adults.
The "Poblado neighborhood phenomenon" has multiple explanations developments excess, mismanagement of water streams, the waters of the mountains, and ground saturation.
At that time, the Antioquia´s gobernor explained: "We have warned that care must be taken with the permissions that are granted to the construction. The measures must be extreme. At the top of Las Palmas avenue have many problems with the water in the mountains. "
What do we need to understand that the surrounding environment is an issue to be taken seriously?