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- The Landlords Board has acknowledged to the Local Police that it did not grant an administrative authorization for obtaining water from the construction company

- Now Murcia has today directed an internal communication to the Department of Urbanism to obtain a copy of the file opened by this case and to know the measures that are being taken

- The municipal training has also requested in writing to the Ministry of Public Works a copy of the invoices of the companies that are supplying the water for the works of the Tiñosa bridge and the Reguerón motorway.

The Junta of Landowners has confirmed that the extraction of water from the Zeneta ditch, which Now Murcia denounced to Seprona on April 6, had no administrative authorization.

Councilor Angeles Micol personally witnessed on that date the water withdrawal and gave notice to the Local Police, who appeared in the place, in addition to filing the complaint with the Civil Guard.

"This is water that should be used exclusively for agriculture, but the company that obtains it through a vat uses it in the works of the Reguerón highway," he explains.

Micol points out that the visit of Now Murcia to this ditch took place after the warnings received from neighbors of the districts where the works of the Reguerón motorway are being carried out as well as the arrival of the AVE to Murcia, with the presence of vats that carry out Several water withdrawals per day.

The mayor recalls that "water from the traditional channels of the orchard of Murcia, managed by the Junta de Hacendados, can only be used for agricultural purposes, so that its destination to other uses, such as works in infrastructure, is prohibited" and Underscores that a similar complaint by Now Murcia regarding the extraction of water in the Azucar from the Malecón is still pending for its use, allegedly in the works of the AVE of the Tiñosa bridge.

If confirmed these facts "we would be talking about a crime of public water detraction," says Angeles Micol.

Now Murcia has today directed an internal communication to the Department of Urbanism to obtain a copy of the file opened by this case and know the measures that are being taken, and has requested in writing to the Ministry of Public Works a copy of the invoices of the companies that are providing The water for the construction of the Tiñosa bridge and the Reguerón motorway.

"It is necessary to justify where the water is coming from these works, since we are talking about thousands of cubic meters and its origin is not clear," concludes Micol.

Source: Ahora Murcia