Murcia, Apr 10 (EFE).- The Murcian government has filed an appeal against the decree of the Council of Ministers that reduces the maximum amounts of water that can be transferred from the Tagus to the Segura, and has also requested precautionary measures to request that its application be suspended while a decision is made on its legality.
This was confirmed this Monday by the president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, when asked by journalists after participating in a reception with the Queens of La Huerta on the occasion of the Spring Festival in Murcia capital.
Miras recalled that this April 10 was the deadline to appeal to the Supreme Court the hydrological and basin plans approved on January 24 by the Council of Ministers, and the Murcian Executive has appealed them, as it announced it would the same day.
He has insisted that these basin plans will mean cutting in half the water that can be received through the transfer, which he has described as a “political, ideological and sectarian decision” that is not based “on any objective data or scientific report or technician who endorses or justifies in any way” that cut.
In this sense, he has stressed that no reports have been provided on the possible positive social, environmental or economic impact that cutting water shipments will have on the Tagus River, but there are studies, both from the Segura Hydrographic Confederation and from various universities, which warn of the “serious damage” in these three aspects that the measure will have for the Levante area.
For this reason, not only has the appeal been filed, but precautionary measures have been requested “to reverse the decision adopted by the Council of Ministers immediately”, all with the aim of “preventing at all costs” that less is received transfer water.