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Almost a month after the passage of DANA through our Region, Cartagena is still held incommunicado by rail.

This fact has been assessed by the deputy spokesman of the municipal group MC Cartagena, Jesús Giménez, who has remarked that "without wanting to compare a catastrophe with a punishment in terms of infrastructure, something similar to the Mar Menor happens."

To support his argument, the Cartagena leader added that "there is no line for the consequences of the DANA, but there really is not because it is a nineteenth century line that is sustained with 'palisades and cańicas' and that, after decades of abandonment , it is difficult to start up in the face of any adversity. "

Giménez, then, stressed that "today, Cartagena is the only large Spanish city without a rail connection and its port is also incommunicado. What we suffer today with the DANA excuse is nothing but a recurring situation that occurred in Holy Week this year. In addition, every two or three days an incident forces users to travel by bus. "

The effects of discrimination

Then, the councilor of MC has emphasized the role of senior administrations.

"The central one marginalizes us, the regional one drains us and Arroyo and Castejón are silent, probably because they travel from Murcia or simply by official car. The problems of the Cartagena people are not theirs because they are due to other interests."

"Few situations like this make it so clear that we have no government but a lash."

Jesús Giménez has continued 'pointing out' to those harmed by these unsupportive policies.

"They have become accustomed to punishing the 400,000 inhabitants of the Region or university students. So, we must remind them that they are also damaging the tourist activity, because here are 60% of the hotel beds. In 2018 1.2 billion were generated euros in revenue, an essential contribution for tourism to account for 11% of regional GDP. "

The deputy spokesman of the Cartagena formation has stated that "all this happens while they sell the start of the works so that a slow AVE arrives in Cartagena in 2024, without burying and without merchandise traffic to the ZAL of Los Camachos".

"In short," Giménez has concluded, "we are without train and in silence. One more consequence of the pact to strangle us mounted by Arroyo and Padín with Castejón."

Source: Grupo municipal MC Cartagena