São Francisco: Lula Allows a Double Bombing of the North Eixo · Global Voices

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) stated in a video posted on his Instagram profile that the transposition of the São Francisco River brings “dignity to the people of the Northeast”. The statement was made this Wednesday (May 28, 2025), during a visit to Salgueiro (PE), where he announced the doubling of the pumping capacity in the Northern Axis of the transposition. “Here, people were dying of hunger, cattle were dying of hunger, and no …

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed, on Thursday (28), the service order for the duplication of the water pumping capacity of the North Axis of the San Francisco Integration Project in Salgueiro (PE). The investment is R$ 491.3 million, through the New Growth Acceleration Programme (PAC). The work will expand the pumping capacity of 24.75 cubic metres per second (m3/s) for 49 m3/s, benefiting 8,1 million people in 237 municipalities in th…