Overview
- National officials announced machinery, operational teams and federal forces for road and drainage work, with Patricia Bullrich visiting 9 de Julio and Manuel Adorni pledging full support.
- Rural groups report more than 2 million hectares under water in the Salado basin and estimate losses near US$2 billion, with 9 de Julio alone listing 162,474 hectares affected.
- Producers describe planting and harvests on hold, impassable roads and stranded livestock, citing cases in Bragado where an ambulance needed a tractor and animals are being moved on horseback.
- Buenos Aires province says national payments for the key Stage 4.2 works stopped in December 2023, while the national government argues the province must execute the projects.
- Stakeholders point to an existing hydraulic infrastructure trust fund reportedly holding about ARS 190 billion as they press to restart unfinished sections of the Salado Basin plan.