La pobreza en Los Mochis

Ahome and Culiacan population have regularly rated the quality of basic services thata are associated with the population and children in particular, according to studies made by the local newspaper El debate.

Citizens of legal age were asked about the situation of the basic public services, such as maintenance of parks and gardens, sport areas of the suburb or the community in which they live, the streets, the street lighting, the drainage and sanitation, as well as garbage collection. 

In the center area of Culiacan, 29.73 percent said it was fair, and 38.89 percent in the periphery said the same, although 40 percent of the rural area considered it good. In the center of Ahome, meanwhile, 50 percent said there are no parks or gardens. In the periphery and the rural sector of the municipality they qualified it as good and regular in 30.43 and 41.18, respectively. 

Regarding the maintenance of the sports areas of both municipalities, the citizens located in the center of Culiacan answered that there are no such places, with 32.43 percent. In the periphery they said that it was regular, with 33.33; and 50 percent of those consulted in the rural sector said it was good. In Ahome, in the center area the answer was that there are no sports areas, with 50 percent. In the periphery also a 32.61 answered that there aren't any sport areas, while 34.78 percent said it was good.

Questioned about street maintenance in Culiacan 26.55 replied that it was good, but the same percentage answered that it was very bad. In ahome, good and regular were the answers that predominated.

Regarding the maintenance of public lighting, almost four out of ten Culiacan residents rated the service as good and regular. While almost 50 percent of the Mochitenses said that this service was good.

Gráfico de la opinión popular

In the same way they qualified the sanitary drainage of the suburbs or the communities, but with a greater conviction of the public service. In the same capital, seven out of ten people held that assertion, while in Los Mochis it was almost 50 percent of the population.

Juan Carlos Meza, president of 'El Colegio de ingenieros Civiles de Sinaloa', spoke in a personal capacity to emphasize that the service of garbage collection has been good, but qualified that there will be areas of the city where there are deficiencies: "In my own experience I see that the garbage collection service works and meets expectations, and there are no problems in that sense." 

He explained that the problems of public services are not new, but come from a long time ago, such as floods and the problems they cause in the streets, such as potholes. In that sense, he said that this is due to the lack of rainwater drainage and infrastructure.

In short, he stressed that you can not say that everything is good or that everything is wrong: "There are areas that can be improved; there are services that could be organized better. In general, the services here in Culiacan have met the expectations of the general population."

Gloria Anna Gutiérrez, president of 'Colegio de Arquitectos del Norte de Sinaloa' said that the drainage is still a problem in some sectors of the city "As soon as it rains, you can not put the car. There are still very vulnerable parts."