St. Restling: Conflict of flood damage - farmers defend themselves against allegations

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In the city of St. Restling, a violent dispute over the flood damage in September causes excitement. City Councilor Harald Ludwig has explained that farmers have a complicity in the damage. In his opinion, the modern agricultural practices led to the fact that fields are compacted, which prevented the water from seeping into the ground. Ludwig also criticized that drainage trenches had largely disappeared and tractors are more like "monster trucks".

The President of the Lower Austria Chamber of Agriculture, Johannes Schmuckenschlager, vehemently commented against these allegations. He not only called Ludwig's statements inappropriately, but also technically wrong. Schmuckenschlager emphasized that on the contrary, modern land -friendly agriculture contributes to the fact that even with extreme rainfall - in some regions up to 75 % of the annual precipitation - water can effectively seep away.

The situation of the floors

In another comment, Schmuckenschlager pointed out that the floors were able to absorb water up to a certain point. With the continued amount of rain, however, the best floors would also be saturated at some point. This reasoning questions the attempt to blame agriculture for an unnatural event, which in his opinion leads to unnecessary conflicts.

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he asked to focus on working between the various actors and a common solution. In particular, he emphasized that the farmers had provided a lot of help during the flood disaster by being on site with tractors and machines to support.

This argument illustrates the tensions between agricultural practice and urban administration, while the effects of the natural events on the local population and the surrounding area can still be felt. While some actors are looking for the fault of agriculture, there are others who emphasize the importance of cooperation and respect for nature. The discussion is far -reaching and remains to be seen how opinions will develop. For more information about the flood damage and for the debate about the question of guilt, .