Part of the municipality of Playa, in Havana, reports this Thursday five consecutive days without water, according to what some residents of the area told this newspaper. The suspension of the service adds to the long list of breakdowns that the entire capital suffers and in which the Government ensures that it is working to offer solutions.
“We have been without water for five days and not a pipe has appeared,” declared one of the residents, who attributes the suspension of the water supply cycle to a broken pump due to a lightning strike. “After almost a week, we have almost no water left in the tank.”
The neighbor, owner of a private house, full of Spanish tourists until the weekend, laments that the restoration of the service will take between twenty days and a month, since the part that the pump needs is not available in the country and its replacement ” comes by boat.”
The discomfort of the residents of Playa with the absence of ways to solve the water supply problem contradicts the reports offered this Wednesday by the official media outlet ‘Granma’
The discomfort of the residents of Playa with the absence of ways to solve the water supply problem contradicts the reports offered this Wednesday by the official media Granma, which ensures that the Havana Water Company he is already taking charge of the situation.
“Extending the cycles” of water supply -spacing its distribution- and temporarily alleviating the shortage with tanker trucks, are two of the main measures adopted, the entity told the newspaper.
The company also recognized the poor situation of water supply services in areas such as Cerro, Plaza de la Revolución, Diez de Octubre, Centro Habana and Habana Vieja, which persists due to the deficit in the central system.
The populations to the west and south of the capital, they assured, are recovering thanks to the installation of the necessary equipment. To the eastern municipalities, however, they have not been able to offer a solution.
This unbearable situation has inspired the singer Luis Alberto Vicet Vives, known as The cream, who uploaded a music video to his YouTube channel this Thursday that criticizes the deficient water and electricity services. without light and without water, The name of the subject, addressed with the usual humor that characterizes him, calls for the stability of the services and ensures that these hardships are not suffered by “the manager”.
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