The Government criminally denounces the Edesur board while there are riots due to the lack of light

The Secretary of Energy of the National Government instructed the National Electricity Regulation Entity (ENRE) to that this Thursday March 16 criminally report the entire board of Edesur by embezzlement, fraud to the detriment of public administration and abandonment of personas officially reported.

The Energy Ministry explained that it “required the ENRE to submit the report on the status of the concession to the Bicameral Commission for Monitoring Public Service Concessions, so that Advise if appropriate to terminate the concession“.

The rain came, but the light does not come back. PHOTO: Telam

This is the second time so far this year that the ENRE has analyzed the status of the Edesur concession as a result of the repeated power outages that occur in different neighborhoods of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and in the south and southwest of the Buenos Aires suburbs, reported the agency telam.

According to the ENRE registry, in the concession area to Edesur a total of 75,127 users were without light at 10:30 p.m.

All the protests point to Edesur. PHOTO: Telam

The neighborhoods and towns most affected by power outages

The most affected towns in Buenos Aires in the Edesur area were Berazategui, Quilmes, Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Lanús and Lomas de Zamora.

In the case of the CABA, the areas most affected by the cuts are the neighborhoods Almagro, Balvanera, Boedo, Almagro, Slaughterhouses, Villa Lugano and Flores.

Hundreds of neighbors protested and there were riots. PHOTO: Telam

Complaints and disturbances at an Edesur headquarters

Due to the lack of electricity supply, residents of different neighborhoods of the City and the Buenos Aires suburbs carried out protests in order to give visibility to your claim for the lack of electricity.

On the afternoon of this Wednesday, residents of the Parque Avellaneda neighborhood gathered around the Edesur Substationlocated on Avenida Juan Bautista Alberdi at 4099, where the disturbances that affected the facade of the building.

Another day of claims for the lack of light. PHOTO: Telam

According to police sources from the City of Buenos Aires, “the neighbors are outside the premises and obfuscated they began to kick the door Of income”.

Although the temperature dropped compared to previous days, the power outages persisted this Wednesday in some Buenos Aires neighborhoods, which generated new claims from the neighbors since in some cases they have been without electricity for two weeks.

Thousands of neighbors are still without electricity. PHOTO: Telam

The light rain that fell this afternoon in the City and the suburbs was not enough to appease the heat wave, with a thermal sensation that reached 32 degrees, but with high humidity in the environment.

At the company’s headquarters, in Alberdi and Lacarra, the authorities decided to lower the blind after a user assaulted an employee who had received his claim.

Claims against Edesur. PHOTO: Telam

Later, the residents remained in the street and in the midst of the protests they set fire to some wooden fences, while they sang songs against the company.

The protests were repeated in other areas of the City, such as Avenida Jujuy at 1900, in Parque de los Patricios, and also in Avenida General Paz and Dellepiane, in the heart of Lugano.

For his part, he National Metereological Service (SMN) forecast a minimum of 26 and a maximum of 32 degrees for this Thursday, and similar temperatures for Friday, while the downward trend would continue through the weekend.

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