Larissa: SYRIZA of Larisa is in the administration of ELGA

The Secretary of the Prefectural Committee of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance of Larisa Panagiotis Kalogiannis and the head of the thematic group of the rural department of N.E. Thomas Karageorgos.

The head of ELGA Larisa, Spyros Spyropoulos, analyzed the situation of the organization, after the disasters that the Thessaly region experienced the previous year, while he mentioned that the last problem that arose from weather phenomena also concerns the region of Pelion, where hailstorms destroyed chestnut crops.

The Secretary of the Prefectural Committee of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance of Larissa Panagiotis Kalogiannis stated that the permanent position of the party is the additional funding and reinforcement of ELGA, the staffing with scientific expertise of the staff of the organization with permanent jobs as well as the restructuring of ELGA regulations so that the compensations and be 100% attributed to the producers and in a short period of time.

The head of the thematic group of the agricultural department of N.E. Thomas Karageorgos pointed out that ELGA should incorporate tree failure in the regulation, that a solution must be found immediately for chestnut producers so that they are not left out of compensation due to an early stage and that ELGA should review the applications of almond producers from the province Elassonas, so that mistakes and omissions can be corrected.

Mr. Spyropoulos mentioned in the discussion that the payments will be made by Holy Tuesday and that the findings on the damage to nut crops from the heat of 2023 will be completed by the end of May. Finally it was concluded that the disaster budget from “Daniel” for one month is bigger than ELGA’s budget for one year.