After spending more than 48 hours without electricity, neighbors cut off General Paz and Juan B. Justo avenues

Neighbors from the neighborhoods of Mataderos and Villa Luro cut off traffic on Avenida General Paz during the afternoon of this Monday. The protest took place at the height of Emilio Castro and both directions of movement were restricted. Locals report that in some cases the supply has been uninterrupted for at least three days. Although various complaints were known due to lack of light in recent weeks due to high temperatures, this specific protest began this Monday after 6:00 p.m. and took place after a group managed to get on the avenue that connects the city of Buenos Aires and the suburbs from north to south. The number of protesters began to grow to reach dozens of residents. The main complaints were against the electricity distributor Edesur, particularly due to interruptions since the last hours of last year.

In addition, the testimonies of the neighbors assure that they suffered damage to electrical appliances and that they cannot properly assist elderly relatives. They also had to discard food due to lack of refrigeration. At the time of the claim, according to the ENRE’s official website, there were more than 20,000 affected, among Edenor and Edesur users, a figure that is significantly lower than the peaks reached during the end of the year holidays.

More road blocks due to lack of electricity supply

The residents of the General Paz area are not the only ones who have come out to protest the lack of electricity supply. Also hundreds of residents of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires have had this problem for more than 4 days. That is why they made the decision to cut streets to ask for a solution to this severe problem.

As reported by Perfil, the residents of the Foresta neighborhood decided to cut off Juan B. Justo avenue so that the authorities listen to their complaints. “We have been without electricity since 30, first we had an overload on the voltage line that burned many electrical appliances,” said Facundo, one of the affected neighbors. “We want them to give us back the light, they do not give us a ball by any means,” he said. “No one was present to listen to us, they were not able to bring us water or something to help us,” said the person interviewed by the media. On the other hand, other residents of the City decided to cut General Paz tired of not receiving answers from the ENRE, Edesur and City authorities.