Published Friday, May 14, 2021

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Electricity makes its way for the first time to three rural communities of Guatuso Canton, Alajuela Province, where approximately 200 people live.

The installation of poles and electrical wiring was valued at $136,360, which was covered with the budget of the Rural Development Institute, INDER, and the Electricity Institute, ICE.

"Expediting territorial competitiveness first involves bringing a service as basic as electricity, something that we take for granted in urban areas, but for these families was a basic need," Harys Regidor, president of INDER said.


According to the institute in the community of Thiales, 3 kilometers of electrical wiring was installed, to provide electricity services to 16 houses.
In the community of Jade, there are 425 meters of wires there to provide electrical basic services to 13 houses.

And, in the community of Santa Fe, the wires were installed in 1.4 kilometers to provide the service to 11 families.

Recently another rural community was able to get public electricity services for the first time.


In March, the electricity services were installed to 15 families living in the Zapatón indigenous territory located in Puriscal Canton, San José Province.

Zapatón, an area of ​​3,514 hectares, is one of the two Costa Rican indigenous territories where the Huetar ethnic group lives. The other community is Quitirrisí, also in San José Province.

The 500-meter long electrical network provides service to 15 families and was carried out by ICE. The installation cost approximately $18,800 and was paid with the budget of INDER.

According to the institute, another upgrade in the zone this year is a 500-meter-long asphalt road in the indigenous territory budgeted at approximately $127,000.


There is also the construction of another electrical service network of 1,363 meters long in the indigenous community of Gamalotillo in Turrubares Canton, in San José Province.

This new electrical network is budgeted at approximately $14,200. ICE covered the cost.

Gamalotillo has an area of ​​343 hectares, which includes 69 agricultural production areas, 2 areas that are part of wild reserves and 39 lots where the community houses are located.

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