New law: Romania should spend EUR 1 bln on irrigation infrastructure

The law which grants Romania’s irrigation sector EUR 1 billion has become a certainty, said the former Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin. The irrigation law that has been published in the Official Gazette on November 12 guarantees the farmers that money for irrigations will exist in the budget between 2016 and 2020, regardless of the political party, Constantin added. “Busy with handing over the documents to the new minister, I haven’t noticed that the Irrigation Law has been signed and published in the Official Gazette on November 12,” the former minister said, cited by local Agerpres. The law has also allocated almost 1,000 jobs for the National Agency for Land Reclamation (ANIF), “which need to be filled as soon as possible.” The law also offers the guarantee that the infrastructure can’t be robbed. If the farmer associations don’t take care of the irrigation system, it will be returned to the state. By introducing a subscription, all farmers have access to water at accessible prices, without having to bear the losses in the system, Constantin said. editor@romania-insider.com