2023-12-16 19:31:00
Dozens of organizations from the affected Thessaly participated today in the pan-Thessalian rally of flood victims in Larissa with the farmers and breeders asking for the immediate restoration of the disasters and the compensation of the affected.
The tractors arrived at the central square, while a march followed through the central streets of Larissa, ending in Riga Feraio, where a resolution was presented to the deputy governor, Vassilis Pinakas.
“Flooded not only by the mud but also by anger”, “no more taunting, 100% compensation here and now”, “the knot has reached the comb now comprehensive flood protection under the responsibility of the state” the banners read, among other things, according to the local website onlarissa.gr.
Farmers remain in the Platykambos block and call on the bodies of the prefecture of Larissa to participate en masse in a support event at the Platykambos intersection tomorrow, at 12 pm.
The Coordinating Committee of Platykampos Block emphasizes that “we are fighting to stay in our villages and our crops after the devastating floods, we are fighting for survival and dignity”.
Platycampus block call
• Immediate timetable and the corresponding projects, such as the opening of a new tunnel for the implementation of the drainage of the fields of the former Lake Karla towards the Aegean. There should be planning by the state in the villages that have been flooded and in those that are at risk because the winter is ahead, measures for the residence and living of those who have been forced to leave them. Farmers who farmed in these areas should get full compensation for as long as it takes for the fields to become productive again.
• To take all the necessary financial relief measures for the residents of the affected areas, by granting emergency aid to each family. Immediate payment schedule of compensations at 100% in real value in production and not in the insured price in ELGA, capital, equipment and stored productions without taking into account the age of the machines.
• It is the responsibility of the state apparatus to immediately repair the damage to dams, embankments, and streams that have suffered terrible damage from the floods. Substantial projects, dams, embankments, whatever else the modern know-how has to offer for the anti-flood protection of the region and all of Thessaly.
• To exempt those affected from ENFIA, VAT, OGA, GOEB, municipal fees, to freeze debts to the state – banks without surcharges. Freeze all debts for as long as those affected are unable to pay them. Write off interest and bold capital cuts in bank loans. Suspension of payment and reduction of PPC’s rural electricity bills.
• To give the linked aids without any condition, limit or ceiling on the delivery of the production, with the only criterion being the IACS declaration. Especially for breeders and beekeepers, all the statements of those affected about the losses in animals and bee colonies should be accepted.
• There should be an exception for Thessaly from the application of the new CAP for at least one year.
• To immediately mobilize all the available means and personnel of the state services to remove the large quantities of accumulated materials and to proceed with the necessary actions for the restoration of the areas of arable land that suffered erosion, siltation, and soil removal. To ensure access to all agricultural lands and to immediately repair the irrigation network of TOEB.
• For products based on production costs and the loss of income from this year’s production, we claim from the Government:
• Cotton – Maize €300/acre
• Industrial Tomato 1000€/hectare
• Alfalfa 200€/acre
• Vines €600/hectare
• Almonds €800/acre
• Peanuts €2000/hectare
• Walnuts – Pomegranates €1000/acre
• Sheep and goats €300 for replacement of livestock with productive animals and €500 for the loss of this year’s production in drowned herds.
• There should be immediate 100% compensation for the plant capital in the tree crops that have been affected by the floods this year and for the following years. It is obvious without the need for an autopsy that the trees have been damaged after being in the water for more than 3 months.
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