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Spokesman Municipal Socialist Group, Manuel Soler, recalled that "his group presented in plenary passed an emergency motion in a series called for measures to mitigate the effects of drought, the motion was rejected as it occurs. Finally, it was agreed to postpone it until the following session and before analyzing it in committee. Today we celebrated the commission and the government team has considered the circumstances of lack of water does not occur in irrigated areas to perform request to the Government of Spain of a Royal Decree of drought. "

Soler has detailed "poor rainfall in this water year, we are situated in parts of the southeastern Spanish to a shortage of rainfall is not known since there are records of rainfall for 150 years. The last drought we suffered in Spain led publications of royal decrees as was the Royal Decree-Law 10/2005 of 20 June, as well as the water began in 2008-2009, we proceeded to the publication of Royal Decree-Law 14/2009 of 4 September, for which urgent action is taken to mitigate the effects of drought. "

The Socialist councilor remarked that "to bad hydrological perspective, some irrigation communities, such as the towns of Lorca and Cartagena are asking their community members to reduce plantings of vegetables for the 2014-2015 season. They believe that if grown to the same extent as in previous years may not have enough water in the case of the Community Irrigation Lorca and had to ration water per hectare giving a quota to each community;. Many farmers found that the situation after conditioning the land and purchased the plant nurseries have to leave some of the farms uncultivated. "

Lorca mayor said that "where there are the worst of circumstances caused by the drought is in rainfed areas and mainly in the cultivation of almonds. Of the 66,000 hectares there planted almond in rainfed Murcia according to the Ministry of Agriculture itself have dried high percentages of trees in an area of ​​between 25-30,000 hectares. they will have to start mandatory and be replanted in the rest is lost from harvest and no rain in the coming months will continue drying trees in most rainfed areas where they can not be washed. Other crops affected by drought are cereal, which is lost in its entirety and olives, still being more resistant to Lack of rain harvest will suffer. Other vines that in areas where there are no irrigation facilities, is in very poor condition vegetation and crop strains reaching dry land in areas with poorer quality.

This situation is causing many losses to farmers by decreasing harvest in 2014 and the loss of income in the early years by the lack of production of the replanted trees. "

Manuel Soler finished noting that "in the course of the commission has been agreed to submit a joint motion to be debated at the next plenary session, in addition to requesting aid drought for dryland farmers, including financial support for plan to replant trees that have dried, they will also request that the City of Lorca urge the Ministry of Agriculture and Water to amend the text of the RDP 2014-2020 for support to organic farming and integrated production (now called biological) fights submitted to Brussels and adapt as far as possible to requests and subscribed guidelines, unanimously claim dated July 15, 2014, for all agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the region. "

Source: PSOE Lorca