09:22 | Lima, May 14 (ANDINA).
Peru's GDP is growing faster driven by construction of highways, ports and bridges, said Friday President Alan García, who added that cement consumption has significantly increased in recent years.
During the opening of a water intake unit for the new Huachipa potable water plant, President Garcia said there is a significant increase in cement consumption due to the construction of infrastructure such as roads, ports and bridges nationwide.
"We are achieving the goal, set four years ago, of surpassing the Chilean model regarding economic and employment growth rate,” he told reporters in Huachipa, some 50 km east of Lima.
Huachipa Plant
Peruvian state water authority Sedapal, serving capital Lima and neighboring Callao, has opened a water intake unit for the new Huachipa potable water plant, located between San Juan de Lurigancho and Chosica districts.
On Friday morning, President Garcia pointed out that the project will provide potable water to the districts of northern Lima, especially thousands of families in San Juan de Lurigancho, the nation's most populated district.
During the ceremony, the Peruvian leader was accompanied by Housing Minister Juan Sarmiento, Deputy Construction and Sanitation Minister William Vivanco, Sedapal’s Vice President Victor Lopez Orihuela, Huachipa Consortium’s General Manager José Alves, among other officials.
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Published: 5/14/2010