Janov's history and swamp. Posted by Maxi on July 15. 2009 www.pueblosabandonados.es/2009/07/la-historia-de-janovas.html
"When a few years ago the Chinese government began construction of the Three Gorges Dam (the hydro -
world's largest electric) many of us were shocked to see how systematically expropriated and transferred to millions of people from their cities of origin to other purpose-built away from water.
A much smaller scale, history recent of Spain is full of similar cases and forgotten who lost his past, his life and much of their property in the name of common interest, in exchange for what the government or its contractors will want to .
Some think that these things happened under Franco and that democracy acts differently, but are confused. Many of the injustices done arbitrarily by the Franco regime, were endorsed by successive democratic governments to the present , demonstrating that individual rights have depending on how, where and by whom.
injustice becomes flagrant abuse when these projects, in which is spent pouring taxpayers' money, not even carried through. That is the case Janov Reservoir, a mammoth work planned in the years of 1950, which resulted in the dispossession and forced removal of 150 families of the peoples of Janov, and Lacort Lavelilla, along the Ara River in Huesca, although were also affected Albella, Ligüerre Ara, Ara Javierre, Santa Olaria and Burgasé "
" going to be a huge dam to produce electricity , but the state forced the concessionaire Iberduero (now Iberdrola) to allocate part of irrigation water to the region of Monegros. This decision did not please the utility because it reduced its earnings expectations. However, it was finally accepted as the only way to have public funds for the construction of the dam.
- "Early in the decade of 1960 expropriations began and some years later, the refusal of some to leave, the company began to blow up the empty houses without taking any safety measures to protect integrity of those still residing in villages, children among them.
Due to the prohibition of provincial inspection Huesca to close the school while there were children Janov, the company decided to close on their own and on February 4, 1966 an operator of Iberduero broke down the door, took the teacher by the hair and kicked the children that ran to take shelter in their homes.
The blowing up of houses and closure of the school made it impossible to continue living in these towns, but still Iberduero plowed fields, orchards and olive trees cut down, destroyed irrigation canals and finally cut off water and electricity
All residents had to leave, but Emilio Castillo Francisca Garcés and decided to stay and resist in the years following the hard harassment they were subjected. In 1984 they were evicted and had to leave, but then neither the company nor the state dealership showed no interest in starting the works. Iberduero still not be clear whether the project will be profitable and the government was not willing to start work on their own "
" - In 2001, after years of
mobilizes social relations, environmentalist lawsuits and actions -
TAS, produced a report on the project's environmental impact, thus meeting the new European regulations . The result was negative, but the project was not officially dismissed until 2005 .
- June 2008, the Ministry of Environment issued the extinction concessions Tax breaks and Janov hydropower on the River Ara, and Escalona-Boltaña in Cinca River, as defined in Ministerial Order of 28 March 1951, and "motivated by the impossibility of proceeding with the implementation of the dam of Janov.
At that time, the Association Affected by Janov Reservoir demanded a reversal fair and called it "foolish" statements by the president of the Ebro River Basin Authority (CHE), José Luis Alonso, which ensured The former owners expropriated could recover their lands after they perceived money back with the updated value. Remember that what the owners were given homes in good condition and what returns they are ruined, not including damages.
- In December 2008 the Hydrographic Confederation of Ebro (CHE) began sending requests for reversion to some 115 affected and May 4 is the deadline for submission of applications identified with the admissibility a total of 105.
- now opens a bureaucratic process by sending requests to Endesa, the current concessionaire, for review and acceptance. But the criteria of power is clear by reading the statements of Augustine Meseguer, director of Endesa's hydro production, which, like the president of the CHE, says that "fair" is to pay what makes the law in these cases or the expropriation price updated to the CPI. Nothing says the abuse suffered, nor the current state of the buildings, or fifty years without being able to enjoy the property. A strange sense of justice to these gentlemen .
The refusal by the state and the companies involved to recognize their responsibility for the moral damage caused to all these people and its intention to resolve the issue by holding, now, yes, to what the law states, shows that in sixty years little has changed in regard to respect for the rights of citizens when what is at stake are large economic or political interests.
Janov's history and its reservoir is littered with cases of neglect and abuse of power, and a gross mismanagement of public money , but the state, instead of acknowledging his faults, to explain to taxpayers and to compensate victims, is now home to "what makes the law" to ensure that their partners "such a great and prolonged work" minimize their losses "
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