The Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes, reached an agreement with Avianca and other airlines so that the value of the route Pasto-Popayán and Pasto-Cali does not exceed 650 thousand pesos during the emergency caused by the landslide that blocked the Pan-American Highway in the southwest of the country.
(Also read: They announce measures to guarantee fuel supply in Nariño and Cauca).
Given the complaints that between 2 and 3 million pesos were being charged for this section, a situation that, according to some airlines, It is because high demand triggers algorithms that automatically set pricesthe Ministry asked the Superintendence of Transportation to investigate possible abuses against consumers affected by the blockade.
Minister Reyes assured that spokesmen for several airlines, starting with Avianca, promised to set the aforementioned price cap and enable more frequencies, to allow people who are trapped south of the collapse to return to their places of residence and work.
(Also: Emergency in Cauca and Nariño: what is beyond the road crisis after the landslide?).
Thousands of travelers trapped
The emergency caused by the landslides on the Pan-American highway in the municipality of Rosas, Cauca, has so far left more than 164 families affectedIn addition, 64 homes in the villages of Alto de las Yerbas, Soledad, Párraga Viejo, Santa Clara and Chontaduro were totally destroyed.
On the other hand, thousands of travelers in Cauca and Nariño were trapped without being able to return to their homes, because apart from the Pan-American highway, they propose the alternative road that the authorities had made – that unites the population of Sucre and La Sierra, in Cauca – also collapsed due to heavy rains.
(In context: Attention: the alternate route for the passage of vehicles from Rosas, in Cauca, collapsed).
Many travelers, therefore, have decided to take a route that leads to Putumayo, go to Inzá, on the border with Huila, to continue in search of Popayán and resume the Pan-American highway.
Traveling through these territories is recommended during the day due to the risks on the ground, apart from the risks posed by the presence of common criminal gangs, drug trafficking or subversion.
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