Constituyentes Residents Demand Electricity and Drinking Water in Lázaro Cárdenas

Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo — The community of Constituyentes, in the southern part of Lázaro Cárdenas municipality, continues to go without electricity and drinking water, and residents say repeated requests to authorities have yet to produce a solution.

Manuel Jesús Hoil Martínez, president of the civil association Nuevas Generaciones, said community leaders have filed formal requests for the services but have not secured any result for local families.

He said the most urgent demand is connecting Constituyentes to the grid of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Nearby communities such as San Francisco, San Cosme and Naranjal could offer a route for that connection, he added, noting that residents there have not opposed extending the electrical infrastructure — meaning the link could serve those communities as well.

Hoil Martínez said the lack of electricity sharply limits residents’ well-being and leaves the community in a state of backwardness, particularly because it sits far from the municipal seat.

Drinking water also unresolved

Constituyentes faces a second gap in basic services: drinking water. Hoil Martínez said community authorities have raised the need to address the shortage, but the town still has no definitive answer.

He called on the municipal government and the agencies responsible for public services to prioritize the communities of the southern zone, and urged officials not to concentrate their attention only on the most populous localities.