SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The Van Toy 2 castin the municipality of Caibarién, Villa Clara, remained around a month and 18 days without access to water, after the collapse of the pump at Well 8; this Tuesday, September 17, the service was restored, according to what the official communicator Henry Omar Pérez reported on his social networks.
After many delays, the new one was installed this Tuesday bomb chlorine in Well 8 and water service was restarted, in the midst of a drinking water shortage situation that has been critical for the residents of Caibarién.
However, despite the news, in the comments on Perez’s post many netizens said they had not yet received water and in some cases indicated that the lack of electricity would probably prevent pumping.
Without a water pump and chlorine, the residents of Villa Clara in that area have suffered days of drought.
The situation forced the president of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources, Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez, to make an urgent visit to the coastal municipality.
In this context, they managed to transfer the chlorine pump and the well pump from Havana, but upon arrival, the chlorination system pump was not compatible and they had to readjust it, which further prolonged the delay.
Two weeks ago, when the pump at Well 8 had already been broken for a month, the Cuban regime began selling water bottled to the residents of the Van Toy 2 neighborhood.
Implemented a “distribution policy” of bottled water through the TRD chain of stores, associated with the Bodegas de Comercio, the gallons of water Five liters of water were sold at a cost of 85 Cuban pesos and were distributed through the ration book. According to the official communicator on that occasion, they covered 30 stores, “ensuring that the most vulnerable groups have access to this vital resource.”
For her part, the deputy mayor of the Administration Council transmitted to the official media that “prioritized“children from zero to 13 years old for the sale of gallons of water and then they went on to care for the elderly who live alone, pregnant women and vulnerable families.
The neighbors were quick to question the measure, which exposes the regime’s inefficiency in guaranteeing citizens access to vital liquid, profiting from such a crisis.
“What solidarity TRD has, why don’t they give it away, what can we solve with a gallon, for God’s sake, how much we lack everything, this country is a business and its leaders with everything, they should be ashamed, blockade or blockade, take off your mask because they are going to kill us here,” wrote an Internet user.
The water supply crisis potable that Cuba is experiencing affects more than 600,000 people throughout the country, according to figures provided by the regime itself.
According to the president of the Water and Sanitation Business Group, José Antonio Hernández Álvarez, the water shortage affects several provinces in the country, some of which have more than 30,000 customers without service. Among the hardest hit are Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Holguín.
