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- The orange formation will propose the placement of storage containers in strategic locations, and that the General Directorate of Environment be urged to tighten the requirements for the granting of permits for the burning and to develop a new model of authorization that includes a code Of good practices for burning.

- Citizens also want the City Council to promote the drafting of a project to create a recycling plant for agricultural waste in order to make their use more profitable

Citizens have reported in recent days several episodes of agricultural burns that have caused discomfort in the populations of Isla Plana and La Azohía.

The Puig Campillo Association of Parents has even gone so far as to send complaints to the Directorate General for the Environment, because sometimes, because of the smoke that originates from these fires, the students can not go out into the yard and have To get suspended classes of Physical Education.

The answer has been that the specific company on which they presented their complaints had all the permits required for the realization of the fires.

However, according to the Citizens spokesperson in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "from this Municipal Group we consider that it is the duty of this City Council, within the framework of its competencies, to ensure the health and safety of the inhabitants of the municipality, and for that reason We sent a letter addressed to the mayor of Cartagena to alert him about this situation and urge him to take the necessary measures to prevent it from happening again, although we have not received any response so far. "

The spokesperson for the orange formation explained that "these fires can have harmful effects for the population exposed, and can become a real public health problem that requires an immediate response, we have already had in the area of ​​Isla Plana and Azohía several Episodes of air pollution that also happen regularly every year at this time. "

For this reason, the orange training will present in the next plenary session a motion for the municipal government to adopt, within the framework of its powers, the necessary prevention and protection measures for the population affected by these agricultural fires and to study and promote employment Of alternative techniques to the burning for the management of these residues, as the placement of storage containers in strategic places.

On the other hand, the Citizens' Group will ask that the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment be urged to tighten the requirements for the granting of permits for the burning and treatment of agricultural residues and to develop a new model of authorization to collect A code of good practice.

Finally, Citizens also wants the City Council to promote a project to create a recycling plant for agricultural waste in order to make their use profitable.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena