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The government delegate in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar and the Mayor of Jumilla, Francisco Abellán, visited several crop farms have been affected due to heavy rain and hail fell last week.
In the course have been accompanied by the councilman of Agriculture Jesus Sanchez, representatives of FECOAM, UPA and COAG, the delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the cooperatives San Isidro and Jumilla Golf and several technical and other council members.
Policy makers have visited the sites of Canada's Jewish Jumillano, Traviesa, the Buitrera, Santa Ana del Monte, the Aljunzarejo and stove.
González Tovar explained that it is assessing the damage to different crops to assess the situation and determine courses of action to follow.
For his part, Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán has stated that the City "it does is make available to the citizen with the means we have, in fact there is a permanent brigade under way within the city, on Monday we did what we we today are also in this area trying to restore access to farms and streams and will continue until next week. "
It also adds Abellán, "the City Council and in collaboration with agricultural unions and once around 3,000 liters of 'Captan' was distributed immediately because the treatment must be imminent."
In addition, Gonzalez Tovar added that the Government Delegation in Murcia is waiting to know the harm you have to do the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Government, by reason of hail and heavy rain in that area action that is primarily for the Ministry of Agriculture and the municipalities concerned.
In this regard, said that once called this assessment will begin in the various government records relating to facilitate aid, regulations are established.
On the other hand, these days, technicians from the Water Police on the ground assessing the involvement of the streams affected by heavy rainfall, with the aim of making the interventions required to restore the channel of the same.
Regional President Peter Lencina COAG, has stated that "we always talk estimated figures, we calculated the total close to 7,000 acres, and property damage and loss of fruit wood which can result in more than 40 million euros, are regional-level data but that most, 90%, have affected the town of Jumilla, where 6,000 acres are damaged to a greater or lesser degree, as well as at other points as Ceutí, Lorquí, Caravaca, Moratalla, hamlets of Lorca, among others " .
In these places have been affected orchards, vineyards and even almond.
Responsible for Coag added that "what remains is to make individual statements by adding infrastructure, damage to roads, highways, each of competence of different government."
Lencina stated that "hopefully it will make specific orders for special risks, this could serve to the income statement for the module is 0 or reduced, which is a way to help the farmer"
As for recovery time, Peter Lenci said that "depends on the impact, but for example in timber damage will have to be very severe pruning trees or in a year or two is better off."
Finally, Antonio Carrión, general secretary of UPA Jumilla said no coincidence that the figures provided by trade unions is due to the haste with which data are available "I am in favor of giving the figures has passed, at least a week also is the first estimate of damage to crops, but lack damage to infrastructure, roads, etc.. "
Carrion said he is confident that authorities are sensitive and help farmers to base their economies on crops.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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