El Ágora USB (Dec 2009)
Situación actual n la prestación de los servicios públicos domiciliarios y el problema de la desconexión
Abstract
This article, product of a research entitled “The Current Situation dealing with Home Utilities and the Issue of Disconnection,” in Medellin, focused on the sector known as “Comuna Trece”, aims at, without doubt, showing a latent i s s u e t h a t h a s s o ci a l e m e rg e n c y characteristics, like it is the case of the socalled Disconnected of Home Utilities, regarding water and light. In 2008, there were more than 200,000 people who had no these basic services; therefore, this article not only will show and describe the issue, but the institutional measures made directly by the Mayor's Office, which is responsible for the service, measures which have been implemented in order to face such a situation, which has not been advertised fully, but with clear social consequences having a negative impact on the popular sectors, contrasting these measures with the real necessities and making possible to glimpse some solutions from different choices.
