The Isolated High Level Depression (DANA) caused damage as it passed through Andalusia in at least 285 municipalities, according to data collected by the Andalusian Government. All, The aid plans approved by the central government and the Junta de Andalucía are now available to them..
In the case of the Andalusian Government, the last Government Council approved an action plan evaluated at 75 million euros including 50 million for the Andalusian countryside, eleven million for road infrastructure and two million for educational centers.
The remaining twelve million from the Junta de Andalucía constitutes a direct transfer to the municipalities concerned, which distribute the funds. 285 municipalities, an average of around 40,000 euros for each. Malaga (84,396 euros); Jerez (80,846 euros) and El Ejido (60,716 euros) will be the municipalities that will receive the most money. The rest will receive funds of a minimum of 33,000 euros per town hall.
The decree which regulates this distribution plan between the municipalities was approved last Tuesday in the Government Council and it has already been published in the Official Journal of the Junta de Andalucía.
In the case of the central government, it divided the disaster zone declarations after DANA into two parts. In the first phase, the municipalities of the province of Valencia, Castilla La Mancha and, in the case of Andalusia, the only one where a death was registered in Málaga, Alhaurín de la Torre, were incorporated.
Then, in the decree which comes into force after its publication in the BOE on November 7, all municipalities of the autonomous community of Andalusia who will have access to support and funding benefits when declared as areas severely affected by a civil protection emergency.
The decree does not set specific aid amounts but authorizes specific lines of compensation to mitigate material damage, financing of 50% of the work that municipalities carry out to repair infrastructure, equipment and services; the use of emergency procurement to speed up procedures, the reuse of municipal surpluses for investments, the carrying out of expropriations or the necessary steps for the Insurance Compensation Consortium.
