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The people’s paper Issue No. 1892
7 - 13 October 2021
New ERTE at a low T H E Social Security agency registered 239,230 people pro‐ tected by a Temporary Redundancy Pro‐ gramme (ERTE) on September 30, accord‐ ing to provisional data. The number of work‐ ers on the ERTE scheme associated with Covid‐19 is at its lowest level since the beginning of the pan‐ demic. The ERTE, designed to help businesses and protect employment, reached more than 3.6 million workers at its highest in 2020, mean‐ ing that more than 93.4 per cent of those affected have already left the scheme. Compared to the last day of August, there was a decrease of 32,960 people on ERTE if the notification date is considered, but if the discharge date is used the decrease is 17,924 people. The Travel Agencies and Tour Operators sector is the one that has the most workers under this protection instrument, with 30.97 per cent of the sector’s affiliates, followed by Air Transport, with 14.65 per cent, Gam‐ bling and Betting Ac‐ tivities (12.1 per cent) and Accommodation Services, with 10.53 per cent.
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CRITICAL SITUATION: La Viñuela reservoir storing 7.88 per cent less water than in 2020.
THE La Viñuela reservoir is reportedly suffering an exceptional drought, holding only 21.82 per cent of its capacity. On the same date last year, the reservoir con‐ tained 49 cubic hectome‐ tres, meaning this year it is storing 7.88 per cent less water than in 2020. The average for this week over the last 10 years has been 88 cubic hectometres, equivalent to 55.52 per cent of its ca‐ pacity when full. This places the current level at 33.7 per cent below aver‐ age.
“Currently the La Viñuela reservoir is in a se‐ vere drought, having fall‐ en below the threshold of 41.5 cubic hectometres set out in the Special Ac‐ tion Plan, in situations of alert and eventual drought,” says a hydrolog‐ ical report by Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Malaga, Jose Damian Sinoga. It continues, “The situa‐ tion is critical. We are con‐ suming resources that were already low in sum‐ mer. “Water resources are necessary for human con‐
sumption, and also for agriculture because this area is an economic en‐ gine and generator of em‐ ployment. “Therefore, given the situation, it is essential to optimise irrigation.” Issued in September, the report mentions com‐ missioning wells in the Chillar river in Nerja. Electrical work that would allow the wells to supply between three and four cubic hectometres of water for human con‐ sumption is scheduled to be finished by the end of this year.
THE councillor for Urbanism, Nieves Atencia, has an‐ nounced that Nerja Council has approved three build‐ ing licences with a total budget of €3.7 million. The mayor has celebrated the news and highlighted that “during this year we have granted licences with a total amount of €13 million, an important private in‐ vestment that contributes to the generation of wealth and job creation in our municipality. “On this occasion, permits have been granted for a large food area in the vicinity of Avda Alcalde Antonio Villasclaras, with an investment of about €3 million. A building licence has also been granted for the reform of a commercial leisure space that exceeds €500,000,” the councillor detailed. “We are going to continue working, facilitating and streamlining administrative procedures with the aim of making our municipality an attractive place for in‐ vestors.”