There is still no budget to rescue the Tekax Hermitage – The Yucatan Times

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More than a month after one of the walls of the Tekax Hermitage collapsed, Mayor Manuel Vallejos reported that the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) carried out an evaluation of the damage, but the amount that will be needed was not determined. For its rescue nor the date of its reopening.

The municipal councilor pointed out that a week ago INAH Yucatán staff came to assess the damage to the demolished wall, which is right in front of the main door of the San Dieguito chapel in Alcalá de Linares, located at the top of the hill or hill where The church of the patron saint of the town of Tekax is built.

Although the federal institute has not yet given them a final ruling on why the structure collapsed or how much money is needed to rebuild the affected area, the municipal president commented that the day the wall fell, which was last October 7, he attended together with engineers and architects to prepare a municipal report.

“The diagnosis that engineers and architects gave us was that since it is an old building, when doing the remodeling, perhaps, due to lack of planning, heavy machinery was brought in and compacted the ground, which generated a lot of vibration. They allege that those vibrations ended up affecting that wall, which, by the way, had no reinforcements,” he indicated.

Although there is still no budget for the reconstruction of the structure, he pointed out that once they have the amount to invest they will allocate the necessary resources to build this site that is emblematic and tourist in the municipality, to once again be integrated into the activities of the Tekaxeños and continues to be visited by tourists.

He added that due to the risks involved, the place remains closed and, although people ask for it to be reopened, he pointed out that the Hermitage will remain closed for safety, although he knows that this decision affects the arrival of tourists, which in turn harms artisans and the food vendors who depend on the arrival of more than 80 visitors a day.

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