THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 14 - 17 ISSUE NO. 1793
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14 - 20 November 2019
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AXARQUIAN farmers are fighting back over the latest irrigation cuts made by the Andalucian Wa t e r Board. Euro Weekly News reported back in October that the Andalucian Water Board was to cut back the irrigation allowance given to farmers below the 140 level in La Viñuela from 4,000 cubic litres per square hectare to 3,000. The decision was made after a summer of reduced rainfall has left the reserves dangerously close to drought levels. However the Spanish Tropical Association has announced it is not remaining silent and has warned that the cut backs could not only affect the farmers, but also create lasting damage to the region’s trees and flora. The president of the Spanish Tropical Association, Javier Braun has explained that it is evaluating mobilisations to demand more guarantees and infrastructure to ensure that the region receives enough water. According to Braun, works have
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WATER FIGHT
DEMANDS: Axarquian farmers are not taking the decision to cut water supplies lightly. been requested for over five years to ensure an adequate water supply to the area, and has condemned the lack
of a permanent device to tap water from local rivers to the other side of the Viñuela dam to the reservoir.
A MAN was injured on Frid a y No v e m b e r 8 a f t e r h e attempted to extinguish a fire near Torrox. The 58-year-old had been travelling home from work as a municipal council worker on Friday when he spotted the wild fire on a plot of agricultural land outside the town. José Zapata, started to try to extinguish the flames with work tools he had in the back of his vehicle when he slipped and fell, hitting his head on a stone and rendering himself unconscious. Emergency ser vices arrived to stabilise him before transferring him to the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía where he is currently
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FIRE HERO INJURED
BRAVE: José Zapata has been transferred to the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía. undergoing treatment. Firefighters from Nerja and Malaga arrived on the scene to extinguish the blaze which took place on an agricultural plot next to a polvero on the Torrox ring road. The mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina wanted to thank
the “enormous gesture of responsibility that has taken place,” while congratulating the Local Police and the rest of the emergency services for their swift action. The man’s family are now at the man’s bedside where he remains under observation.
The cut, which came into effect this November, will remain until the end of January before being re-evaluated.
COUNCIL TO PAY UP TORROX Council has been ordered to pay for amendment works to the Plaza de la Constitución in 2009. The High Court of Justice of Andalucia (TSJA) has ordered Torrox Town Council to pay a total of €157,373 to the construction company Comsa SA for additional works in the redevelopment of the Plaza de La Constitución after the amendments were not documented in the original project. The council appealed the court ruling in 2016 and the court announced last week they have dismissed it in favour of the construction company. The works were originally completed in 2010 after two years to a total of €806,309. The Zapatero plan was launched in January 2009 to regenerate the economy and employment of Torrox and Nerja.