Mendoza buckles “in the face of a new attack” from La Pampa

The mayors of the three departments of the southern province This Monday they will lead a meeting to organize a joint defense against the demands of The Pampawhich was the Supreme Court to claim that Mendoza does not comply with a ruling from July 2020 by the water of Atuel River.

The meeting will take place in the Deliberative Council of General Alvear, from 10:30. The host mayors will be present Alejandro Molero along with his peers from San Rafael, Omar Felixand from Malargüe, Celso Jaque. The Superintendent of Irrigation will also participate, Sergio Marinellithe Director General of Government Affairs, Francisco Mondottelegislators and councilors of the fourth district and representatives of the business chambers.

“Faced with a new attack by the province of La Pampa due to the water of the Atuel River, a vital resource for the development of southern Mendoza, the Government of the Province together with Mayor Alejandro Molero call for an urgent meeting”highlights an official statement. “The objective is to formulate a joint defense of the Atuel River, with the support of the entire political and business community. “The southern oasis must continue its sustainable development by guaranteeing access to water, an essential resource for the activities of our community.”Add.

La Pampa denounced that Mendoza fails to comply with the ruling so that it forces it to release 3.2 cubic meters per second of water from the Atuel River. The new judicial round between the provinces includes the accusation of the Pampas government of overirrigation in unproductive fields in Mendoza and the creation of 100 reservoirs in the south.

“Mendoza talks about the oasis of San Rafael based on the use of the Atuel River. “They talk about 5,000 hectares of oases when they have generated a desert of millions of hectares in the province of La Pampa, appropriating an interjurisdictional resource,” Sergio Ziliotto, governor of La Pampa, told Clarín.

“Mendoza always maintained that in order to provide that flow of water there must be works. “The water we use in Mendoza is not enough for what is productively needed in the oasis.”Marinelli responded.