The Council has started cleaning up the riverbed both on the stretch belonging to the municipality, from the mouth to the Puente Nuevo, and the area belonging to the Junta de Andalucia, from Puente Nuevo to the quarry.
The action is designed to prevent any flooding. The Council has asked the Junta de Andalucia to clean up its part of the river on many occasions, but the requests have always fallen upon deaf ears. In 2013 the Council spent nearly €10,000 cleaning the riverbed and, as one might expect, they are still waiting for reimbursement.
After the clean up of the rio Chillar, the next job is the rio Seco to the border with Frigiliana. More whistling, no doubt.