Convened by the Municipality of Las Heras, workers, residents and mountaineers removed 18 tons of trash and debris. The ultimate goal is to recover the villa as a mountain resort. The City of Las Heras organized on March 31 operating a cleaning in the mountain village of Las Cuevas, an initiative widely recognized by the inhabitants of the locality attended by personnel from various departments like National Highways, rangers , porters and members of the Club Andinista Mendoza and Guide School. In total during the day almost 18 tons of trash and debris, some 170 truckloads were removed. It was used to fill in certain sectors and increasing parking spaces. Other wastes from an old chacarita were bagged and taken to the dustbin of Uspallata. Meanwhile, municipal staff distributed a leaflet Tourism tourists that read: “Care and retain Las Cuevas, where the first thaw of pure water is born”. The demonstration was very consistent, and stressed the calling of the municipality to add more people to keep clean Andean environments. The Villa Las Cuevas was originally called Eva Peron, and was founded on 20 February 1953 by order of then President Juan Domingo Perón, in years crossing the Cordillera by the Christ Redeemer made and plowed area the trans-Andean train . There was then an important development in Las Cuevas: bank, tourist office, office, grocery, movies, nursing, school, civil guard, power plant, fuel station, stables, inn, etc. Over the years, the train and Las Cuevas were forgotten. It is remarkable then that nearly 60 years after its foundation the town is recovering value through the intervention of people who love and enjoy the mountain. In fact, from the Department of Tourism of the municipality advanced that in Las Cuevas and working on preparing new hostels, restaurants and a tea house, with the ultimate goal of consolidating Caves as a center of acclimation mountain can include activities such as trekking, winter snowshoe, mountain skiing, biathlon and ice climbing. It was essential contributions Andinista Mendoza Club, Rescue Patrol Police Ritual Wine Exagrama, rangers Puente del Inca and Aconcagua Park, people paragliding, bungee jumping Mendoza, White Wind, and porters PAC addition the National Road Administration, Ministry of Works of Las Heras, Municipal Delegation of Uspallata and Tourism Department Las Heras. Source: Journal Summits Plata.-
