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A REPRESENTATIVE of the Junta de Andalucia, Patricia Navarro, has visited La Viñuela, which is currently at only 10 per cent capacity, to set out what the govern ment is doing to help the drought. Navarro explained the Junta had invested nearly €61 million in aid to Malaga Province in its fight against drought but called on Spain’s central government to do more. The politician al so called on locals to use wa ter responsibly. She said: “We must all be aware of the urgent situa tion we are in and the water shortage we face, thinking of water that comes out of the tap as gold dust.” Navarro also confirmed that despite the total restric tion on water being used from La Viñuela, farmers of the area will still be able to have irrigation water through other means. She added: “We have act ed since day one, bearing in mind that we are 15 years behind schedule. Previous governments did not fore see the necessary infrastruc
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Issue No. 1945 13 - 19 October 2022
RURAL WOMEN’S DAY: Eight awards will be given.
LA VIÑUELA: Is being protected from drought.
ture work or take care of ex isting infrastructure, and we have had to deal with every thing at the same time as a persistent drought.” The recently created Comisión de Seguimiento de la Drought para Andalucía is
also studying the Next Gen eration funds that the com munity needs to tackle the drought. Measures could in clude allocating more re sources to prevent water loss from leaks in the supply networks of municipalities
with fewer than 20,000 in habitants. The Junta has taken other measures to ensure water supply this winter, including agreeing 25Hm3 in Axarquia, or using water from the Rio Chíllar in Nerja if necessary.
Celebrating Day of the Pedal
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DAY OF THE PEDAL: Registration is completely free.
VELEZ-MALAGA and Torre del Mar are looking for ward to celebrating a new edition of the Day of the Pedal ‘Día del Pedal’ in November. The event will take place on Sunday, November 6, from 11.30am. The councillor for Sports, J Hipolito Gomez, and the councillor for Finance, David Vilches, announced the sporting event which will have prizes for the most original bike and the largest participating group. Registration is complete
ly free and is open until Fri day, November 4, at the Casa del Deporte, the VelezMalaga indoor swim ming pool, the Torre del Mar indoor swimming pool and the Paseo Marítimo sports courts.
THE Mancomunidad of Axarquia will present eight special awards to women and groups for Interna tional Rural Women’s Day 2022. The coordinator for Equality, Juan Penas, ex plained that with this event they want to recognise “the women of our region who have been so impor tant over the years in each of our villages.” Juan recalled “The idea arose during the ‘Rural Women Entrepreneurs’ conference organised in 2020. We realised that it was not enough to know the important role that women play despite the dif ficulties they face, but that we had to make them known.” International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global holi day celebrated annually on October 15. It is a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.