MIAMI, United States. — The province of Guantánamo only has 26,000 liters of diesel and 11,000 of gasoline per day to guarantee the sale in service centers and the generation of electrical energy, as announced this Friday by the We Will Win Newspaper.
The information came out in a meeting in which the state press, directors of the Cuba-Petróleo Union (CUPET) and provincial government officials intervened.
At the meeting, it was specified that the availability of diesel and gasoline currently represents only a quarter and a fifth, respectively, of the supply that is guaranteed “at regular times.”
The factors explained that most of the fuel that reaches the service centers is dedicated exclusively to basic services such as public health, which requires about 1,000 liters of diesel and 300 of gasoline per day.
According to the directors, within the quota assigned to the province, funeral services are also prioritized, the work of the specialized brigades of the Electric Company and ETECSA, as well as the shooting of water in pipes, “which must supply more than 130,000 people”.
The report of We Will Win Newspaper expands that another 7,000 liters of fuel are used in the production, distribution, processing and marketing of food. This includes the tasks of agriculture, the transfer of products to industries, the movement of flour for making bread, etc.
With the fuel quota assigned to Guantánamo, interprovincial and local transport, the national railway and “the urgencies of the current harvest” must also be guaranteed.
Given this scenario, the authorities made it clear that “the amount of fuel that can be sold to the general population for the operation of private means of transport is minimal, which, it was recognized, requires better organization to avoid hoarding and other illegalities.” “, Add overcome.
To reduce the inconvenience to the population in the province, the officials of the territory called on state agencies to offer more information on the availability of fuel and to combat indiscipline in long lines, including the sale of shifts.
