El Siglo newspaper reports that 17 slum barrios will benefit from a 10-year, US$22-million program to improve basic infrastructure in Santo Domingo. The program, “Saneamiento de Barriadas Marginales” will favor the most impoverished barrios in the capital city of the Dominican Republic. Self-sustainable programs will be put in place for garbage collection, potable water and sewage management. The program will begin with the barrios of Domingo Savio, Maria Auxiliadora, La Zurza, Ensanche Capotillo and Los Tres Brazos, that have a population of 200,000 people, and where most families have incomes under minimum salary levels (US$105 a month). The program is coordinated by the Lom? IV Office and will be implemented by the Consejo Nacional de Asuntos Urbanos in cooperation with the Municipality of Santo Domingo and the Water Corporation of Santo Domingo.
