Oruro, BOLIVIA Mar 22 (ABI) .- "If water is life is a universal human right, "said Tuesday the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, to receive the draft of the Municipalities of the highland department to provide water for drinking and irrigation water to their populations.
The Head of State has started the past few days visiting the country's departments in order to receive the draft of the municipalities under the program "More Investment Water, My Water "for this year, the State has made a loan of $ 100 million.
The projects will be received until March 29 to be tested and refined before disbursements begin in April. 
According to the specifications of the program, the Government will provide $ 300,000 to each of the 327 municipalities to undertake programs for the provision of potable water and irrigation. 
The president stressed the importance of municipalities have water systems much more now when climate change has caused natural disasters that damaged crops, such as droughts and floods, which threatens food security. "If there is water in the countryside, towns will have sufficient amount of food that will ensure the survival of the population," he said Morales.
said the Bolivian initiative that water is considered a human right was established by a resolution of the United Nations Organization (UNO).
"For these initiatives to defend the rights of humanity and Mother Earth, Bolivia has become a benchmark for their struggle to defend life," he said.
The President urged the mayors to properly use economic resources for their regions have water and improve the quality of life of their populations.
"The $ 300,000 will be given to municipalities to implement water projects are resources of the people and must be well managed," he reiterated.
"If you need to get more funding to strengthen this program we will," he said. However
the Head of State stressed the need for departmental legislatures to analyze the possibility of annexing municipal governments to direct development projects larger.
mayors pointed out that there that have minimal resources that "would probably not even enough for cover their administrative costs and salaries, so that could be annexed to address other projects of general benefit. "
mentioned some of these mayors, as Yunguyo del Litoral, whose budget in 2005 was $ 12,000 a year and now has increased to 42,000, or Cross Machacamarca six years ago only received $ 42,000 to $ 19,000 or Carangas.
noted that if the municipalities manage well the resources of the "My Water" may achieve a sustained development of their regions and address other plans to improve the quality of life of their populations.
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