SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A garbage collection truck trash caused a chain explosion on Thursday after cutting electrical cables while removing debris from a street in Central Havana.
As confirmed CubaNetDuring garbage collection on San Miguel Street, between Rayos and Galiano, the garbage truck caused a short circuit in the electrical cables hidden under the mounds of garbage accumulated on the public road.
The affected cables belong to a branch of Banco Metropolitano and these led to a chain explosion that extended to the ATMs located on San Rafael Boulevard.
As a result, ATMs, the bank and the entire area were left without electricity.
Garbage has invaded the streets of Havana. The Provincial Directorate of Communal Services reported that in recent months the accumulation of solid waste in the capital has increased due to the lack of equipment to collect the garbage.
Garbage accumulates at a rate of 7,600 cubic meters (m3) in spaces public close to the homes and facilities that generated them, which is equivalent to just over three Olympic swimming pools of trash per day, according to the report Havana: capital of wastepublished by the think tank Cuba 21st century.
In the Cuban capital, on average, only 68% is collected while the rest remains on the streets, generating sources of infection and urban fires due to the production of methane gas.
Only 40% of the capital’s garbage is recovered for recycling, while the rest of the uncollected waste attracts rodents, mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects.
The accumulation of garbage in Havana has reached worrying levels, with mountains of waste that not only damage the image of the capital, but also represent a serious problem. risk to public health.
The proliferation of filth and the increase in diseases in the summer, such as vomiting and diarrhea caused by flies; leptospirosis associated with mice, and dengue, zika, chikungunya and The Oropoucheare closely linked.
In a clear reflection of the government’s inability to manage the growing crisis of accumulation of garbagethe authorities of the Cuban capital opted to hire a private company to take charge of cleaning in several critical areas of the city.
