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| The councilors of Health and Decentralization supervise the beginning of the fumigations | The extraordinary shock plan against mosquitoes in the county councils, which joins the work of the municipal pest control concessionaire, has started this past dawn with actions in Pozo Estrecho, El Albujón, Lomas del Albujón, La Aljorra, Miranda, La Aparecida, La Palma and La Puebla.

The Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Health, Manuel Padín; Along with the mayor of Decentralization, Diego Ortega, they went this past morning to the towns to supervise the work carried out by the company Natural Pest Control and which will last until Saturday in other areas of the municipality.It is the first of the four actions that will be carried out this week, covering most of the towns in the municipality.

Thus, the plan advances this next morning to the eastern area to act in Llano del Beal, Strait of San Ginés, El Beal, El Algar, Media Legua, Vista Alegre and Alumbres.

The morning of Thursday to Friday will be the same in San Isidro, La Magdalena, Residencial Buenos Aires, Molinos Marfagones, Barriada Hispanoamérica, Los Dolores and El Bohío.

Finally, at dawn from Friday to Saturday there will be performances in El Portús, Galifa, Cuesta Blanca, Perín, La Azohía and Isla Plana.The company has carried out a preliminary study of the areas where to act to detect those areas that pose a greater risk for the settlement and proliferation of mosquitoes.

Thus, actions are carried out in public parks, boulevards and river channels, green spaces near public areas (medical center, municipal facilities, etc.), trees and vegetation with road alignment, as well as any other area that due to its characteristics may represent a risk to people's health.Thus, in order to maximize the productivity of the treatments, the sites subject to control have been divided into four "Treatment Zones":Zone 1: Narrow Well, El Albujón, Lomas del Albujón, La Aljorra, Miranda, La Aparecida, La Palma and La Puebla.Zone 2: Llano del Beal, Strait of San Ginés, El Beal, El Algar, Media Legua, Vista Alegre and Alumbres.Zone 3: San Isidro, La Magdalena, Residencial Buenos Aires, Molinos Marfagones, Barriada Hispanoamérica, Los Dolores and El Bohío.Zone 4: El Portús, Galifa, Cuesta Blanca, Perín, La Azohía and Isla Plana.Treatments will be carried out by ULV (ultra low volume) nebulization / spraying.

The active substances to be used will be pyrethroids of chemical synthesis (alpha-cypermethrin, cypermethrin and Deltamethrin), these works will be carried out in the early hours of the morning, from 0.00 to 8.00 hours, in order to cause the least inconvenience to citizens and to be of maximum efficiency possible.The marked objective of this contract is to minimize the problems derived from the existence or proliferation of mosquito populations in the sites subject to control, ensuring their permanence below the tolerance threshold.

Also determine the areas likely to become reservoirs for this particular pest, and therefore subject to control in our geographical environment; as well as remaining alert to the appearance of new species.

Finally, the aim is to avoid, prevent, minimize and adequately manage the risks associated with the pest management activity to be carried out.Likewise, the extraordinary contract signed by the City Council and the company contemplates four more actions in these same areas that will take place the weeks from June 15 to 21, from July 6 to 12 and from July 27 to 31, and from 10 to August 15th.Fumigation throughout the municipalityHowever, it will not only act in these areas, since it is a reinforcement contract to which the concessionary company of the pest control service already provides, which continues to work normally.

The contract is even going to be extended so that the service can be promoted on the Mar Menor coast, especially in the areas of the Marina del Carmolí, the Lo Poyo land and the Salinas de Marchamalo.

"Citizens must be calm and know that no one is going to be left out of the fumigations if there is a problem," recalled Manuel Padín, who added that "the Department of Health continues to work continuously throughout the municipality as it has been doing throughout the year".For his part, Diego Ortega stressed that "the involvement and collaboration of the neighborhood councils has been essential to respond to the residents and to act in the areas that need it the most" and recalled that to carry out fumigation work in all The municipality has increased the budget by 40%.Similarly, from the Department of Health, notices and incidents continue to be received from the entire municipal area on the phone 968128957 and email controlplagas@ayto-cartagena.es, which are sent to the concessionaire to solve the problems .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena