Projeto baixo – Açu: a problemática do acesso à água pelos camponeses e pequenos produtores do Vale o Açu no estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the difficulty of access to water by peasants and small farmers in the Açu Valley, due to the water distribution model in the region, which prioritizes the supply of large companies linked to agribusiness, who settled in the Valley of the Açu due to the construction of the Armando Ribeiro Gonçalves dam. Revealing since the construction of the dam, the social retrogression obtained by the portion of the population more fragile and the inequalities fomented by the federal government itself. This project was based on the construction of the Armando Ribeiro Gonçalves dam that benefited the entire region of the Açu Valley in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Through Decree 73.082 of November 5, 1973, and due to the alteration made due to the flooding of this area, there was a need for displacement of the affected populations, for example the municipalities of Ipanguaçú, Santana do Matos, and part of the urban zone of Jucurutu as well as the whole city of São Rafael. The project aimed to improve the conditions of communities affected by the drought problem in Rio Grande do Norte and through the DNOCS (National Department of Works Against Drought) the work was carried out. However what was thought by the technicians in a fictitious plan, did not become reality with until then planned causing numerous problems of constitutional order affected communities. Taking into account the principle of non-retrogression that preaches it, the development continues from the rights already acquired and cannot restrict them and / or suppress them as they are fundamental rights.