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- "As stated by the AMPA of the school, this burning has all the corresponding authorizations, it is evident that something does not work when children have to go to school with masks, and can not go out into the yard because of the smoke that is produced, Has warned the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín

- Citizens are considering proposing a new model of burn authorization that will include a code of good practices, a project to place containers in certain strategic places to store the agricultural remains, avoid burning and study some type of management and treatment to recycle these materials for Monetize its use "

According to information published today by the newspaper La Verdad, the Association of Priests and Mothers of the school Puig Campillo, in Isla Plana, has submitted several complaints to the Directorate General of Environment for the burning of stubble that are made on farms of La Azohía .

This smoke reaches the school forcing teachers to close the windows, sometimes prevents children from going out into the yard, and has even caused the cancellation of PE classes.

Some parents have come to buy face masks for their children, according to the regional press.

According to the Citizens spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "this issue is of great concern to us, and we have already mobilized all our resources to remedy this situation."

"We know that it is something that happens every year, without the City Council or the General Directorate of Environment have done anything to prevent it, and I understand that the parents of the Puig Campillo school and the affected neighbors are fed up," explained Manuel Padín.

Citizens will request explanations from the Directorate General for the Environment, and has already requested information on this incident from the City of Cartagena, "we can not remain on the sidelines, and we are already studying the possibility of requesting, as has been done in Cieza, a New model of burn authorization that includes a code of good practices, that is to say, to register with more information and control the granting of the burning permits and, on the other hand, to propose a project to place containers in certain places to store the agricultural remains and Thus avoiding the burning and studying some type of management and treatment to recycle these materials to make their use profitable. "

If, as stated by the AMPA of the school, this burning has the corresponding authorization, it is evident that something does not work when children have to go to school with masks, and they can not go out into the yard because of the smoke that occurs. " City Council has a lot to say here, for example, to promote and coordinate with the General Directorate of Environment the preparation of a specific plan for prevention and protection of the population exposed in cases like this. "

Manuel Padin justifies his initiative by assuring that the agricultural fires "should be controlled to the maximum, and we must give the tools to the companies of the sector so that they can get rid of the rest without this supposes a problem for the population near."

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena