New version of the government of Pedro Sánchez and the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the demographic challenge of Therese Ribera on the late information he transmitted to the Generalitat Valenciana to avoid the DANA tragedy. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Moransupported this Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies that the president of the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar, Miguel Polowarned CECOPI during its first meeting at 5 p.m., Tuesday October 29, of the “risk” of overflowing the Poyo Ravine, i.e. before the controversial email from 6:43 p.m. of which we knew until now.
This was stated by Morán during an appearance at the Commission on Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of the Lower House, where the PP categorically denied this alleged warning of the president of the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar. Likewise, sources from the Generalitat consulted by OKDIARIO assure once again that Miguel Polo never made such a warning regarding the Barranco del Poyo during this first meeting of CECOPI.
In response to what Morán, spokesperson for the PP to the said Commission and MP for Alicante, said, Cesar Sanchezunderlined that “the president of the Hydrographic Confederation In no case did he mention what was happening in the Barranco del Poyo“Under no circumstances during this meeting, Mr. Morán,” Sánchez affirmed.
“Neither Ms. Ribera, at any time, because she has disappeared, nor you here today have given any explanations or reflected on three crucial questions: the lack of cleaning and dredging of the Magro River and Barranco del Poyo; the absence of a flood prevention system and the necessary hydraulic infrastructure that has not been carried out,” Sánchez told Morán.
Previously, MP PP Joaquin Melgarejoalso elected from Alicante, recalled that the Confederation, which “met throughout Tuesday”, the day of the flood which has already caused 217 deaths, “informed the Generalitat by email, without even a call , at 6:43 p.m. hours of risk of overflow. “A simple email among more than 130 that I send during these hours”, denounced Melgarejo.
Faced with this, in his response, the senior official of Teresa Ribera affirmed that “at 5 p.m. in the afternoon, during the CECOPI meeting, where representatives of the Autonomous Administration and the State, at that time, directly, the president of the Hydrographic Confederation (of Júcar) transfers the risk situation affecting the Forata dam“It’s not later by email,” Morán said, trying to confuse the Forata dam with the Poyo ravine and without providing any proof. “The first information that is transmitted to CECOPI is this,” he added.
1,686 cubic meters per second
As this newspaper published, the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ), dependent on the Ministry of Ecological Transition which directs Therese Riberadid not transmit to the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat Valenciana no warning on the situation in Barranco del Poyo since 4:13 p.m. from October 29, when the value was 28.7 cubic meters per second and with a downward trend, until 6:43 p.m. the same daywhen the sign had changed to 1,686 cubic meters per second and with an upward trend.
In absolute terms, in the two and a half hours from 4:13 p.m. to 6:43 p.m., the value of water in meters per second increased by 58 times.
The report prepared on these communications by the Generalitat Valenciana which she chairs Carlos Mazon points out that these 1,686 cubic meters per second are equivalent “53 times the flow of the Tajo-Segura, or 4 times the flow of the Ebro”. And “all this, along a boulevard where there is never any water,” he emphasizes.
Furthermore, the aforementioned report explains that when this key email alerting to the huge increase in flow arrived, the CECOPI meeting was taking place: “It appears that there is no warning about this of the seriousness of the situation during this meeting, neither the president of the CHJ (Miguel Polo) nor the government delegate (Pilar Bernabé), who were present at CECOPI. “All the attention seemed to be on (the Forata Dam) and the Magro River.”
