Clara Brugada announces the development of a strategic plan to recover the lake areas of Xochimilco and Tláhuac.

• During a tour of the chinampa area of ​​the town of San Gregorio Atlapulco, in the Xochimilco municipality, the Mayor indicated that actions will be taken to ensure proper management of water and drainage, and to boost agricultural production.

• These efforts will advance the rescue and recovery of the lakeside city, which has been somewhat neglected, the capital's leader indicated.

Mayor Clara Brugada Molina affirmed that her government will provide all necessary support to preserve and enhance the development of Mexico City's lake district, a cultural and natural heritage site, through the implementation of a strategic well-being and management plan for the entire chinampa zone of Xochimilco and Tláhuac, in collaboration with its residents.

Leading a tour of the communal lands of the town of San Gregorio Atlapulco, in the Xochimilco municipality, he reiterated his government's commitment to ensuring that the inhabitants of these areas boost their agricultural production, implement actions to guarantee quality public services, and preserve the identity of indigenous communities.

"My full support, the full support of the City Government. We have instructed all departments, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Integrated Water Management, and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, so that we can build a community management plan for this area with the people, with the residents, with the community," he stated.

He indicated that months ago, the population of San Gregorio Atlapulco decided, through a citizen consultation, to develop a plan to ensure proper water and sewage management in this area, which is currently underway. He also announced the renovation of the town's public spaces through the Yolotl Anáhuac program.

The Mayor emphasized that with these projects, her administration is making progress in the construction and restoration of the lakeside city, which has been somewhat neglected. "Now is the time to recover it; that's what we want to do, and we're going to do it with the people," she emphasized.

He reported that studies and analyses are currently being carried out in collaboration with the Secretariat for Integrated Water Management (Segiagua), the Secretariat for the Environment (Sedema) and other institutions to develop a strategic plan to conserve the city's water bodies and lagoons, initially in the Xochimilco and Tláhuac municipalities. The plan will be open to proposals from residents, and spaces for dialogue will be established soon.

"We're going to listen to them and study the proposals, and I estimate that everything we study and obtain as results, we can invest next year in the strategic recovery of all the water-served areas in the city, in this entire area," he emphasized.

Before agricultural producers and representatives of the ejido (communal lands), the capital's governor led the first corn harvest in the ejido area, where she reaffirmed her commitment to ensuring that the city's countryside continues to strengthen the production of food products such as corn, through the provision of resources from the Altépetl program, so that this area of ​​Xochimilco continues to guarantee the production of water, oxygen, and food for the city.

Julia Álvarez Icaza, Secretary of the Environment, noted that the corn harvested today in this area is chinampa corn, made from white chinampa corn, native and free of genetically modified organisms.

He noted that Mexico City produces 3,000 tons of native corn per year, and the city government is committed to increasing production by up to 15 percent next year, with a plan to boost the production of GMO-free corn.

Regarding the San Gregorio Atlapulco ejido, the head of Sedema reported that it covers an area of ​​475 hectares and that part of it, 276, is a community conservation and reserve area, an ARCAC (Community Environmental Restoration and Conservation Area).

During the tour, residents, producers, and representatives of the San Gregorio Atlapulco ejido (common land) thanked the Mayor for her support and implementation of this series of projects benefiting this area and agreed that support is essential to ensuring the sustainable development of Mexico City.