National Police unblocks highway in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Diario El Sol del Cuco [Spanish] - 1/28/2023)

National Police unblocks highway in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Spanish)

According to the Superintendency of Land Transportation of People, Cargo, and Merchandise (SUTRAN), until yesterday, up to nineteen blockades were registered in at least five provinces. The Panamericana Sur Highway has most of its sections blocked.


The Peruvian National Police (PNP) began to unblock roads in the Cusco region with a contingent from the Calca and Lamay police stations that freed the highway that connects Cusco with the Sacred Valley of the Incas, in the Province of Calca.

Since 10:00 a.m. yesterday, the authority cleaned and prepared the road for vehicular traffic.

Due to the protests carried out in recent days this connection between Cusco and the provinces of Calca and Urubamba had remained blocked.

The work was done with the use of a backhoe from the municipality of Calca. In several sections, large stones and eucalyptus trunks blocked the road and hindered the passage of vehicles.

In Cusco, the Cusco-Anta-Abancay highways and the Cusco-Canchis-Arequipa route continue to be blocked.

Yesterday afternoon, PNP personnel from the Andahuaylillas and Huaro  stations carried out work to unblock the Panamericana Sur Highway, enabling vehicular traffic to pass and preventing possible traffic accidents.

Current Situation

According to SUTRAN, there are nineteen blockades on routes in the Imperial Region that are registered on SUTRAN's website (http://gis.sutran.gob.pe/alerta_sutran/).

The Panamericana Sur Highway, in the province of Canchis, is where the most blockages are registered with eleven sections blocked at Kilometers 1058 and 1134. There are also blockades in the provinces of Anta, La Convención, Chumbivilcas and Espinar.

This situation has generated a shortage of essential products, as well as fuel since the vehicles that transport them are stranded on these roads and in other southern regions where the ongoing National Strike is also observed.

Tags: #Cusco #Blockades #SacredValley #PanamericanaSur #NationalStrike


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