The second vice president of the Government of Castile-La Mancha, José Luis Martínez Guijarro, assessed the damage caused by the DANA of October 29 in the region at 40 million euros and made an assessment of the destruction by province, which the The Council also informed the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
In Albacete, damage in the Segura and Alcaraz mountains amounts to approximately 15.5 million, with 3,200 hectares of woody crops damaged and a direct impact on the olive harvest. Of these, some 300,000 tonnes could have been lost. In addition, 600 kilometers of roads are affected and some 12,000 head of livestock have been damaged.
In Cuenca, the damage exceeds 18 million, with 1,500 kilometers of destroyed roads, “many of which have disappeared and must be restored from scratch.” Furthermore, the cold drop wiped out 6,900 hectares of cultivated land and around ten tonnes of almonds were lost. There are around fifteen municipalities concerned.
In Guadalajara, the estimate is around three million in several municipalities in the Señoría de Molina region, while in Toledo it is just over four million.
Work on the Landete bridge will last six months
On the other hand, Martínez Guijarro indicated that aid has already been processed for 120 families and businesses in Letur and for 155 others in Mira and Landete, the most affected municipalities. Concerning the Landete bridge, he specified that the work will last six months. The idea is to preserve the historic bridge for pedestrian traffic and build a new one in a different location that would support the weight of road traffic.
Finally, he revealed that businessman Amancio Ortega, one of the richest men in the world, made financial donations to Letur and Mira which will be channeled through social services and intended for families who lost everything in floods. He did not give figures and asked the Ortega foundation to decide whether to make them public.
