Deputies go to Piatã to see up close the green iron that comes from Chapada

Deputies in an ordinary session of ALBA – Photo: Lula Bonfim | AG. THE AFTERNOON

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Deputies who are part of the Assembly’s Infrastructure Commission went yesterday to Piatã, in Chapada, for a public hearing with the participation of the leaders of Brazil Iron, which will explore there the so-called ‘green iron’, with 70% purity, one of the best percentages on the planet.

Deputy Eduardo Salles (PP), president of the Commission, says he is excited.

– It is something positively surprising. Brazil Iron will invest R$ 5.5 billion. From the outset, it will generate 24 thousand jobs and 30 thousand by 2030, when it will be fully installed.

The mine area covers the municipalities of Piatã, Abaíra and Jussiape. In addition to Eduardo, there were also deputies Niltinho (PP), Júnior Muniz (PT) and Fabíola Mansur (PSB).

CLEANING – Eduardo says that the Green Iron Project, as it is called, provides for the transport of the material by conveyors, in order to cause a minimum impact on the environment, in addition to the commitment to fully preserve the springs.

– They will also build a 120km railroad to connect with Fiol and be transported to Ilhéus, where the project’s steel mill will be located.

Although it has already been the target of several protests by environmentalists, the Green Iron Project emerges on the horizon as a revolution in Chapada Diamantina.

– We have, and we can guarantee, the guarantee that no one will stop tasting Piatã’s coffee because of this. I am in love with Chapada. I also want to preserve.

Cocoa robbery is normal, but cargo robbery is not, says Patrick

The robbery of a truck with 750 arrobas of cocoa, last week, in the vicinity of Aurelino Leal, is an unusual fact, there are no previous records, although the robbery in cocoa plantations is already a routine, not new.

Who says this is Deputy Patrick Lopes (Avante), former mayor of Jitaúna and one of the heirs of a large cocoa property that belonged to his grandfather, Gilberto Lopes dos Santos, the creator of Café de Jitaúna.

– Cocoa theft is already routine. On our farm, for example, which is close to the city, it is common for us to walk in the cocoa plantations to harvest and only find the carcasses and candle stumps. But cargo theft has never been seen.

Patrick says that the situation of cocoa farming today is very different from before. Now, to transport cocoa, producers have to set up security schemes, but for much smaller quantities.

Flávio Dino becomes a Bahian Citizen

Flávio Dino, former governor of Maranhão, former Minister of Security and now Minister of the Supreme Court who this week prohibited banks in Brazil from obeying the restrictions that the US imposes on them there, will be the star of the weekend in Alba.

He will receive the title of Bahian Citizen, an initiative of Deputy Fabíola Mansur (PSB), for whom Dino has relevant services provided to democracy.

English Club mourns death of Dr. Medrado, figure

Bahia in general, especially the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) and the Bahia British Club, or English Club, mourn the departure of the doctor and professor Dr. Luis Carlos Medrado Sampaio, Dr. Medrado, yesterday, at the age of 93.

He had the admiration of everyone who passed through his life, for his gentle way of being and the vast culture he striking, which made him keep a legion of young people in his team of fans. Mário Brito, from the English Club, said that ‘Dr. Medrado’s life is intertwined with the history of the BBC’. The cremation ceremony will be today (2:30 pm) in Jardim da Saudade, when his memory will be revered.

RECORDS

Farewell to Nelson

Yesterday deputies held a minute of silence in respect to the passage of Nelson Xavier Gonzaga, driver of the house, very dear to all for the fine treatment he always lavished. The president of Alba, Ivana Bastos (PSD), said that he leaves memories of fraternity, kindness and integrity. And it is.

Cynthia Comendadora

And as life goes on, Alba yesterday approved two urgencies of the Executive, two citizenship titles and five 2 de Julho commendations, among them, that of Judge Cynthia Resende, president of the TJ-Ba.

Zambiapunga 1

Zambiapunga is the supreme God of the Bantu people, in North Africa, he came to Brazil brought by the blacks and wanted it and settled it in Nilo Peçanha, in the Southern Lowlands. There the Zambiapunga Cultural Folklore Group held the 2nd edition of the Child Agent Training project, preparing culture to survive.

Zambiapunga 2

Zambiapunga is a group of 40 to 50 people who parade, playing cowrie shells to the sound of hoes. Nilo Peçanha is the only place in Brazil that preserves culture, according to Mayor Jaqueline Coutinho (Pode), ‘a great source of pride for our people’.

COLLABORATOR: MARCOS VINICIUS