NEWS FROM FIESTAS CAMPOSOL Race Nite
needed especially bigger ones! If you have some time to spare to do some gardening or cleaning up, or both please ring 968 130 487 for Sector A gardening group. 'B' Sector volunteers have made a great start in cleaning up the area, on Friday5th February some 28 volunteers, dressed in their conspicuity vests, rendezvoused at the lower car park and set about pruning the palm trees the whole length of the dual carriageway, the palm trees were also sprayed with a chemical deterrent against the red palm weevil. Work carried on on the 12th Feb clearing the paths, gutters and central reservation of weeds. As with A, C & D Sector groups all agree that this work has been most enjoyable and creates a good community spirit.
THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE ALMERIA READER MAZARRON IS NOT ALONE! THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES flooded when the Guadalquivir river broke its banks are illegal. Hundreds of houses along the river banks had to be evacuated when river water flooded houses. But according to the Spanish press, many of these houses were built without permission.
To Camposolers! The volunteers are cleaning up the area for the benefit of all, please don't ignore them! You are most welcome to join them. If you don’t feel capable that’s O.K. perhaps you could put a euro or two in their buckets, Chemicals and materials have to be paid for. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 'B' CLEAN. Contacts- Ian Charles 968-199247 & Coral Mash 968-199043
Newspaper, El Pais, said the regional government, the Junta de Andalucia, had identified more than 3,000 houses along the banks of the river which had been built on land at risk from flooding. The Ministry of Housing has also begun investigations into another 8,400 houses in more than 400 municipalities along the river’s course, although these are built outside of the flood-risk areas. Junta de Andalucia president, Jose Antonio Griñan, warned of the dangers of building homes illegally in areas where floods were common. He said: “The river has its own set of deeds and can arrive in any moment to claim what belongs to it”.
The same plea has been echoed on the other sectors. On Sector D, Bob Owen has put a plea out for more assistance and he can be contacted on 968 970 577 On D they have raised a lot of cash, over 500 Euros one week, and this is being put to good use as everyone can see, but now the weather has turned, it would be great if folk would turn out to help.
Ecologist group, Ecologistas en Accion, which claims there are more than 25,000 illegal houses built in flood-risk areas across the whole of Spain, blamed local governments for the situation. A spokesperson said: “There has been negligence on the part of councils for allowing construction to take place in floodable areas.” The flooding comes after the wettest February in half a century.