DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Military personnel from the Specialized Land Border Security Corps (Cesfront) and the Dominican Army redoubled security in the takeover of the La Vigía canal after Haitians mobilized on Thursday, 11 April 2024 in the morning taking actions to inject water from the Masacre River.

The foreigners approached the pumping system installed in the La Vigía canal, where they removed sand from an earthen cofferdam that the Dominican government had built to receive a greater amount of liquid from the tributary.

A source linked to the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi) says testing of the electric pumps that will be replacing the provincial diesel-powered pumping system will begin on Monday, 15 April 2024. The electric pumps are installed given the higher cost of operating the diesel-powered system.

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