Gibraltar-Spain water row: Madrid claims the Rock never sought permission to take supplies from protected Spanish territory [Video]

GIBRALTAR is facing mounting pressure from a number of Spanish government departments over its controversial land reclamation project on the east side of the Rock.

Both environmental groups and Spanish government departments have claimed that the €340 million Eastside development threatens the delicate ecosystem in the region.

Part of the Spanish grievance stems from the fact that it claims that absolutely all the water surrounding the Rock belongs to them and thus they brand the new luxury marina ‘illegal’.

But Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción have warned that the project is causing irreparable damage to the Strait, an area which is in a Special Conservation Zone (ZEC) teeming with marine life. 

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The group has pointed to the damage done to the seabed and the threat to endangered species. 

They also accused Gibraltar …