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Lorca City Council will address the Government's Office to ask them to take measures to alleviate the crisis in agriculture and livestock has defended in Parliament today, the councilman of Water and Livestock, Melchor Morales.
The Corporation has ratified with votes in favor of the government team and the United Left and against the PSOE, a popular group motion which requests the Executive Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero not to raise the electricity bill and water and taken steps to alleviate the crisis that is hurting agriculture and livestock, considering the just claims that the various agricultural and livestock organizations are suing him.
Morales emphasized that "agriculture and livestock in our town are going through a crisis whose gravity is caused by several factors, among which are the lack of water, the surge in feed prices and price differentials between home and consumer prices, adding to that the increasing cost of petroleum products like diesel, fertilizer, packaging, .... "
The text of the motion states that "at this critical juncture for the agricultural sector, instead of seeking solutions, we note that the Government of Spain is deciding rise in electricity bills to eliminate tariffs totaling electric irrigation official From 1 July 2008. "
"This government decides to eliminate tariffs for irrigation electrical officers without ensuring any transitional mechanism, so that the irrigation sector is doomed to the price conditions that large companies want to impose, without considering other possibilities and modalities of engagement", is stated in writing.
Melchor Morales added that "the implementation of this new fee could cripple the important process being carried out modernization of irrigation and a projected increase of 30% of the farmer's bill, which will mean a loss of competitiveness not be taken by the agricultural sector. "
Similarly, the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs, has decided to increase the price of water supply by 26.9%.
Although this increase was rejected by the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel for the first time in the history of that body.
"The rise of the water, an increase in the receipts for farmers will apply from July 1, 2008.
Are continuous complaints from the price of water that we have been receiving from farmers, tanners and generally large consumers.
The increased costs can lead to abandonment of many farmers and ranchers to make it unprofitable to continue the activity, "said Morales.
The councilman of Water and Livestock concluded by stating that "since the government team as we see with great concern the situation they are supporting our farmers and ranchers is unsustainable and the government's response to the nation, instead of finding solutions to this serious crisis, is to further damage and its decisions and measures in industry. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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