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The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras supports the claims of agriculture and irrigation of the Tajo-Segura in a motion passed at the last plenary.
The municipality claims that the central government to launch initiatives to promote these sectors, such as a VAT refund or exemption to the irrigators of the Tajo-Segura payment of the fee for use of resources provided by the aqueduct, because to economic difficulties.
The Mayor of the municipality, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, explained that "the council rejects the increase in water rates of the Tajo-Segura approved by the Council of Ministers.
Instead of aggravating the tax burden to farmers, the City Council request the central government to launch urgent initiatives to encourage these sectors as aggravated by the crisis. "
Agriculture is a priority activity for the development of municipalities in the Region of Murcia, and that 14% of the population works in this sector representing 10% of regional GDP.
The increase in electricity rates that the central executive approved last summer, is now added to increase transfer rates approved by the Cabinet a few weeks ago.
In this sense, the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, added that "these measures can only further complicates the difficult situation in agriculture goes, so please also measures governing the financial problems and volatility prices facing the sector. "
In addition, the session lumbrerense calls for the creation of a common agricultural policy which have a priority European products from production input from third countries.
Finally, Sanchez explained that "it is essential to recover a state policy on water to avoid the confrontation between regions and recognizes the need for water transfers to definitively resolve the deficit faced by the river Segura. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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