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Jumilla joins the Platform in Defence of the Tajo Segura to guarantee water to this area (08/07/2009)

Last Monday was a meeting at Jumilla convened by representatives of the Platform in Defence of the Tajo Segura.

The meeting was attended by around fifty people, in addition to the Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán, several councilors of municipal groups and representatives of agricultural unions, associations of irrigators, farmers and recipients, neighborhood associations, headman, unions and different groups.

The purpose of this meeting is to bring the intentions of this platform and involving the whole society in defense of the Tajo-Segura and to allow him to acquire an indefinite and thus ensure the water for this area.

If we get 500,000 signatures, the initiative becomes law initiative proposal to compulsorily have to discuss and debate the Parliament, the Congress would be discussed and be subject to approval.

This popular initiative intended that the statute of Castilla La Mancha does not allow the repeal or revocation of the Tajo-Segura in 2015, and do not allow a reserve of 600 cubic hectometres Castilla La Mancha, that is, while there is water above hectometres the 600 and when we will not give us below.

If the aim is that the Tajo-Segura is not a concession, by time, but is a bound duty for life, ie, have the right to receive water from the Tagus, through the shift to Segura, and that the Commonwealth continue to manage Channel Taibilla.

This platform is composed of people representative of the society of Murcia, and Andrés Hernández Ros, a former president of the CHS, Adolfo Fernández, Juan Ramón Calero, Tomás Zamora, people without being political, have been involved in political, social, economic and water.

People conveners of the meeting stressed that this initiative is of citizenship, without having anything to do with political parties.

To achieve its objectives are to carry out around 400 events in different parts of Murcia, Almeria and Alicante, for seeking the cooperation of the municipalities.

The argument in Jumilla was the need to help get these 500,000 firms where they have until January, and do an organized and coordinated.

The organizers raised as a first working group to organize the collection of signatures and notaries appointed to be responsible for this task.

For this first working group offered municipal groups designate one person, the farmers union Coag-IR, the Irrigation Association ARUAL and headman of the house.

The agreement was to meet to start work in four or five days.

The only requirement to sign on these lists, in defense of the Tajo-Segura, is to be of age and be counted.

There is a phone for more information that is 968 23 45 64, and a website: www.defendemoseltrasvase.es

Jumilla is estimated to reach between 6,000 and 7,000 signatures.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla

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