Barreda Valencia accused of "negotiating with Catalan nationalist and socialist" to pass the law.
The third vice president of the Valencian Government and Minister of the Environment, Water, Urbanism and Housing, Juan Cotino, has accused the president of the Board, Jose Maria Barreda, to "negotiate with the nationalists and the Catalan socialist" the passage of Proposition legislation that Castilla-La Mancha will take to the courts, "using as currency, and with the approval of Jose, mortal gold, Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the increase of the ecological flow of the river Ebro.
Cotino made these statements, as reported by the Government, after meeting with Secretary of State for Water, Josep Puxeu, in order to transfer the requests of the Valencian Government in Water as well as flood prevention and aid to areas affected by fires last week.
, gaia gold, Social vice president of the Consell has expressed its "absolute rejection" to the proposed Barreda of "pass through a law on water claims of the Statute of Autonomy frustrated", considering that this "means, by the back door, to approve an law making Tajo Segura unviable and therefore, let dry to the province of Alicante. "
In this sense, has, sto credits, warned that "if the claims of Barreda in collaboration with the Catalan nationalists and socialists to take place, something that the Popular Party rejects the damage to the Region would be irreversible."
As for the possibility of doubling the ecological flow, has assured that the Government "does not preclude in any case an improvement of treated water input, but it will not accept, has emphasized, is an increase of ecological flow prejudice the right of all Spaniards to use the surplus water that exist in Spain. "
So, has reiterated the "need" that "there is a National Water Authority to apply the principle of distributive justice and, therefore, bring the water where there is plenty where necessary, and that this water has a sufficient quality for both agriculture and for human supply. "
"Spain needs a single authority to manage water scarce resource taking into account the needs of each and every one of the autonomous communities and avoiding confrontation between them," stressed Cotino, who has claimed that "distributive justice is a principle those immovable goods that belong to everyone and in turn low, as is the case of water. "
Maintaining the current basin plan jucar
During the meeting, Cotino has moved the rejection of the Valencian Government, to amend the current Basin Plan Jucar and reiterated its request, adopted the "consensus" of the Federation of Irrigators of the Comunitat Valenciana, to "keep the existing planning areas, "as one" which is best suited to resolve water management problems without breaking the system of exploitation Vinalopo Alacanti. "
According to the same sources, Puxeu has assured that "at present, the current planning will continue in force."
On the other hand, during the meeting held with Puxeu, Cotino has asked the central government's approval of a royal decree law that includes "urgent measures to mitigate the damage caused by forest fires in the Comunitat Valenciana."
Declaration of area specific action
In addition, Cotino has urged the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) to "declare a zone of special performance for forestry and environmental restoration of the affected municipalities, and to determine" the emergence of the works to be executed by that department in order to mitigate the damage caused by fire. "
Among the actions that have requested an emergency declared, stresses the forest and environmental restoration, support and action in agricultural and livestock activities, exceptional assistance in housing for the repair and rehabilitation, aid fittings and material damage in industrial plants commercial, tourist and other services, and subsidies arising from damage to infrastructure and municipal facilities and road network in the municipalities affected.
Finally, Cotino has moved to the representative of MARM "necessity" that the central government carried out "an urgent plan gully cleaning, since it is a responsibility of the Water Boards, and is absolutely necessary in order to avoid flooding before the heavy rains that characterize the fall in the Mediterranean basin. "
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