00:00Approximately 8,000 metric tons of uncollected waste filled the streets of the Cochabamba
00:07municipality as residents in the area demanded the closure of the dumpster they say is affecting
00:13their health.
00:14Piles of garbage is seen along streets across Cochabamba as residents living near the Caracara
00:19dump continue to carry out a now 14-day-long blockade of the landfill, asking for its definitive
00:26closure.
00:27It's the worst that they can't solve.
00:31There are tons of garbage and we are close to a market where we are infecting the merchants
00:39who come to buy cough and stomach infection.
00:45According to local media, the Agro-Environmental Court of Cochabamba admitted on Thursday the
00:51appeal filed by neighbors of the Caracara area to suspend the entry of garbage into
00:57the landfill, but gave a deadline until April 20th for solid waste to enter the site, something
01:03that the residents refused to allow.
01:06According to the head of epidemiology of the Departmental Health Service of Cochabamba,
01:11Ruben Castillo, in the last two weeks, there has been an increase in cases related to acute
01:17diarrheal diseases and hepatitis that could indicate a relation with the accumulation
01:22of garbage in the streets and avenues.
01:25The pollution from these solid waste that we usually discard tends to have an impact
01:32on health.
01:33It's been two weeks and coincidentally, in the last two weeks, there has been an increase
01:38in cases related to acute diarrheal diseases.
01:43Hepatitis cases have also increased.
01:45And that could indicate a relation that has this health problem that we currently have.
01:53Due to the garbage problem, the Mayor's Office and the Cochabamba Municipal Council
01:57decided to suspend the Day of the Pedestrian, scheduled for Sunday.
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