Overview
- PNSU and the Ministry of Housing have formally installed a mesa técnica to monitor and push forward Stage II of the Cachimayo drainage project after a working meeting between Viceminister Carlos Lezameta and the contractor.
- The working meeting produced coordination protocols that task the mesa técnica with fiscalizing the project schedule, verifying compliance with technical standards and providing continuous supervision of construction works.
- Stage II covers upgrades to urban hydraulic infrastructure across four Cusco districts and includes elements such as stormwater collectors, sumps and storm tanks designed to reduce runoff and prevent inundation of main avenues and adjacent neighborhoods.
- The project faces a contractual dispute after the contractor sought a 158‑day extension tied to pauses at the Casuarinas work front and the PNSU rejected that request; earlier stoppages and local opposition have already contributed hundreds of days of delay.
- Officials say the mesa técnica aims to ensure continuity of works to protect families and property from intense rains and to speed resolution of the contract dispute; the project is financed in part by the Inter‑American Development Bank.