Andina

Peru's PM: Government will allocate over US$1.6 billion to close gaps in Amazonia

Peruvian Prime Minister Walter Martos. Photo: ANDINA/Juan Carlos Guzmán

16:08 | Iquitos (Loreto region), Aug. 28.

Peruvian Prime Minister Walter Martos on Friday announced that the Government has approved the Plan for Closing Gaps in the Amazonia.

It commits an investment of S/6 billion (about US$1.679 billion) for the implementation of over 800 projects in favor of native communities.

Within this framework, the Cabinet chief reported that said plan was approved by the Council of Ministers last Thursday and published earlier today.

The high-ranking official specified that resources allocated to the plan will allow the development of investment projects in the Amazonia within a period of six years.

"These are more than 800 investment projects in favor of communities based in the influence areas of oil sector (projects), which include more than 100 native populations," he expressed.

Likewise, Martos stressed that more than S/100 million (about US$27.987 million) will be executed in works in the Amazonia.

"This is a great advance in serving the native communities that had not received due attention for many years; now the Government is turning its eyes to them and making efforts to meet their demands," he said.


PIAS

Remarks were made during the departure ceremony of an Itinerant Social Action Platforms (PIAS) unit in the rainforest city of Iquitos.

PIAS are ships that cross rivers in the Peruvian Amazonia to bring State-run services to the most remote populations in the country.

On board, citizens can access the offices of the Bank of Nation (Banco de la Nacion), the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC), as well as of the Ministries of Women-Vulnerable Populations and Development-Social Inclusion, in addition to surgery rooms.

(END) CVC/MVB

Published: 8/28/2020