The residents of Elche are having a very difficult summer because of the mosquito pests from which news is received both from the town center and from areas near the Hondo or the districts of Arenales or El Altet.

In this last district, a neighbor in Elche has a farm in the countryside, Finita Mora, who publicly denounces the "insufferable" situation that forces them to live practically cloistered. Despite the fumigations announced in these areas, this ilicitana ensures that the problem remains unsolved. «This last weekend my son went to the house in El Altet and asked him to come and pick up some figs. He called me to tell me that he had not been able to deal with the number of mosquitoes, which swelled him to bites .

The situation, say the residents of this area, is similar on the beaches. “The children wound up with towels while they are in the sand to avoid bites. Still, it is impossible. In the end, they had to go directly from the water to the car, ”adds Finita Mora, who emphasizes that the problem is especially pressing in the area between El Altet, Los Limoneros and Arenales del Sol .

Precisely on Monday, the Councilor of the Popular Party, Manuela Mora said that Elche "is facing a serious problem due to the inaction of the government team to the plague of mosquitoes that is ravaging our municipal territory" and demanded "urgent measures" To end her. According to the mayor, while populations such as Santa Pola or Alicante have carried out emergency spraying to prevent the proliferation of these insects, "we do not understand that no action has been taken in Elche."

The popular councilor explains that the complaints are many and range from neighbors who have had to abandon their outdoor tasks to suspend football matches because the children were being "riddled with tiger mosquitoes . "

Spraying

In this regard, the Councilor for Health of the City of Elche, Mariola Galiana acknowledged that rainfall in recent weeks has led to the appearance of mosquitoes in the municipality and reported that, after these rains, «a large fumigation campaign is being carried out for any term, with special emphasis on areas close to the Hondo and in the district of Arenales ».

Galiana recalled that the rains recorded last August were "the most abundant of the last sixty years." This, together with the high temperatures of the following days, motivated the appearance of mosquitoes, said the mayor, who reiterated that " a titanic effort is being made to control them ."

In addition, he stated that, from his council, he has tried to contact «on several occasions» with neighboring municipalities such as Alicante or Santa Pola to undertake «a joint action and solve the problem», but that «it has been impossible since the fishing village celebrates now its supervisory celebrations and the town hall of the province capital continue of vacations ».

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