For several years now, what used to be green meadows or vacant lots on San Cristóbal Hill have become veritable garbage dumps due to a lack of awareness and the lack of interest shown by Pachuca’s various municipal administrations.
Residents of the area, from neighborhoods such as Pachuca 88, José López Portillo, and Lomas de Vista Hermosa, witness almost daily how people from outside the neighborhoods dump trash on the hill’s slopes.
They even pointed out—in a survey conducted by Criterio—that the residents themselves are organizing to clean up some of the trash dumped there.
However, despite their best efforts, they have not been able to end this problem, as construction workers also take advantage of the situation to dump debris, tires, and even appliances that no longer work.
They also lamented that the poor sanitation, lack of lighting, and limited security presence in the area also encourage taxi drivers and gas company workers to use the hillsides or its roads as public restrooms.
On streets such as Sagitario and Orión extension in the José López Portillo subdivision, just a few minutes from the city center, people dump tires and any unusable auto parts at the foot of the hill or even on the roads leading up to it.
This same situation affects the Sierra Paracrima artery in the Lomas de Vista Hermosa neighborhood, which is also located at the foot of the hill and, despite neighbors’ efforts to plant trees and protect them, still suffers from the ravages of trash and debris that some leave behind.
San Cristóbal Hill is located northeast of Pachuca and is the highest elevation in the surrounding urban area. It is home to numerous mining works used in silver mining in the region.
Source: criteriohidalgo
