The Spanish government is studying the possibility of declaring El Ejido a zone seriously affected by civil protection emergencies, which is qualified as a catastrophic zone next Tuesday during the Council of Ministers. This was stated on Thursday by the government delegate to Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, during the meeting he had with the mayor of Ejidense, Francisco Góngora. The severe hailstorm that hit El Ejido this Monday affected around 5,000 hectares of greenhouses, which represents 30% of market garden production. Economic losses are estimated at around 100 million euros on the ground. The first mayor stressed that greenhouse fruit and vegetable plantations were seriously affected in the countryside, mainly due to the force and scale of the hail. “They were projectiles that went through everything in their path,” he said. According to the data collected, the damage caused to public spaces, buildings and municipal equipment is estimated at more than 7 million euros. In addition, more than 3,000 vehicles, buildings and industrial warehouses were affected. The Ejida advisor stressed that “our losses were not human losses, but very considerable material damage.” “We are working on the count, an assessment that we must do with great rigor and seriousness, because it is one of the keys to obtaining means of assistance to compensate us and to be able to benefit from the solidarity mechanisms that both the Government than the Council of Andalusia,” he transferred. In this section, the mayor emphasized that “the insurance chapter is very important, because they must be up to par so that these eventualities can be covered.” From the City Hall “we will continue working to try to restore normality as quickly as possible and to document this entire situation as exhaustively as possible in collaboration with the Government Sub-delegation and the Junta de Andalucía with the sole aim to obtain these compensations. mechanisms.” Pedro Fernández indicated that “I wanted to come to kilometer 0 of this DANA, to El Ejido, because it was started here to verify the dimension of the consequences that caused damage to municipal and private facilities and in the area of agriculture, which is so important. ” “It’s in this municipality.” Related news standard No Rains damage more than 6,260 hectares of crops in Almería and Málaga ABC standard Andalusia No TEMPORARY Almería returns to normal after the Dana which leaves significant damage to crops and roads R . PérezThe government delegate in Andalusia made himself available “to all Andalusians and, in particular, to the ejidenses, showing maximum and absolute collaboration to advise and accompany in the preparation of the reports and files that must be sent. later to request any type of aid” Fernández stressed that “it is important that since the declaration was made on Tuesday and at the opening of the deadline, all town halls, farmers, cooperatives… all those who have to claim something, have sufficient time to make estimates, budgets or corresponding experts.
