The weekly review meeting in Havana focused on how to continue contributing from the ground up to making Havana a more beautiful city, where coordinated work is the guiding principle for the proper functioning of all sectors.
The meeting, led by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, was attended by Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, as well as deputy prime ministers and the highest-ranking Party and government officials in the territory.
The issue of municipal services opened the meeting. It was reported that the work carried out reflects a trend toward increased waste collection, and that the production of garbage trucks and the maintenance of heavy equipment continue.
The experience of the Boyeros municipality was highlighted as a positive example at the meeting. Vladimir Verdecia Elia, president of the Municipal Assembly in that territory, outlined the progress made in the technical recovery of equipment, the organization of tasks, and the support provided to workers—a model that should be implemented across the board.
Major General Ernest Feijóo Eiró, head of the Western Army, spoke to emphasize the leading role that managers and directors must play in supervising and carrying out waste collection.
The president of the Cuban Parliament called for strengthening this effort at the community level, prioritizing popular participation, stressing that solving the city’s problems requires, above all, the mobilization and direct involvement of the population and grassroots organizations.
“If there isn’t a participatory process, we won’t solve the problem. We have to ensure that there is a battle at the district level to keep everything clean.” It will be a battle at the block level, a battle of the delegate, of the CDRs in their blocks, which is what we need to achieve if we want to be more efficient in this effort we are making.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz elaborated on key operational aspects. He addressed the need to optimize the number of trips per team and strengthen support for workers in the sector.
The head of government emphasized the role of leaders in a task of paramount importance for the well-being of the city.
“We have been making progress on many fronts, and above all in raising awareness, in understanding the importance of the issue, but we all share the dissatisfaction that we still don’t see our Havana clean,” he said.
In that regard, he pointed out that discipline, high standards and oversight are key to achieving results.
To the extent that a municipality’s leadership prioritizes this and implements all the necessary organizational measures, the results will be superior, and we are seeing the difference in results between one place and another, even under the same circumstances. Therefore, it has been demonstrated that it can be done.
At this meeting, Armando Rodríguez Batista, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, presented details of a study on solid waste collection in the capital.
Carlos Luis Jorge Méndez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, reported on negotiations for investment projects related to waste collection, as well as the allocation of international cooperation funds for this activity.
During the meeting, the prevention and control of arboviruses were also discussed, along with the measures being implemented in Havana to manage the energy plan and water supply.
IMAGE CREDIT: Photo: Estudios Revolución
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