It was a water leak that started a social movement in the Nuevo Pantoja neighborhood on May 15 that ended with 11 injured state police officers and dozens of bloodied residents. The payment that inhabitants had to make for water—up to 700 per family—was unsustainable, and they demanded a solution.
The project, which was supposed to have been ready by Nov. 11, was delivered 20 days late, on Dec. 1. The project, which the state government called the “magna work” of San Miguel de Allende, began Dec. 26 of last year, with an investment of 326 million pesos from the State Payroll Tax. Now accessory work will follow.
Beyond receiving food donations, inhabitants of urban and rural areas of San Miguel will have warm cover during the cold season.
Sanitary Jurisdiction II and the Municipal Government have stated that those most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and spreading the virus to the elderly at home are workers, housewives, and especially students.
During the first wave of the pandemic—from January to October 2020—it took a month for the municipality’s caseload of COVID-19 cases to reach the hundreds.
Each year, more than 7,000 free emergency medical services are provided
by the Red Cross, be it for a car accident, a fire, a fall, or a fight.
More than 5,000 portable wifi USB routers were delivered to private and public middle and high school students in San Miguel de Allende. In the first event with about 60 guests, the USB routers were awarded to students with the best grade point averages.
In recent years San Miguel de Allende has seen hailstorms, like the one in July 2019, and atypical snowfalls, like the one in March 2016. These, along with floods and droughts are affecting inhabitants, but also one of the sectors on which up to 60 percent of San Miguel’s GDP depends: tourism.
There was great upheaval by the damage that was “almost” done in the Cerro de las Tres Cruces ceremonial and archaeological site by SAPASMA, with its proposal to build an underground tank that would store up to 59,000 liters of water.
“If you don't take care of yourself we are going to lock you up before they lock us all up.”