Water cuts have been a constant in different provinces in recent months, aggravated by the national energy crisis.
Lima, Peru – More than 35,686 inhabitants in Sancti Spíritus suffer from the lack of water in this season, a situation that the authorities in the province attribute to drought and the unfavorable state of the reservoirs.
Before this panorama, the state media recognizes Escambraythe spirit must receive the water service in pipes, which “today behaves in cycles between 10 and 15 days.”
Roberto Naples Darias, director of the Provincial Aqueduct and Sewer Company, explained that there are several municipalities with unfavorable situations, although Fomento and Trinidad maintain the most critical situation.
These territories are still in jatibonic gravity, Yaguajay and Cabaiguán, for which the regime allocates about 27,000 liters of diesel that help the transport of water.
“Without counting the expense of other resources and the deterioration of the teams themselves, which are responsible for the transfer of water through places with access roads in bad conditions,” says the manager.
In promoting settlements such as Palomar, 50th anniversary, Loma, Titan, Coco Solo and Mario Muñoz are always waiting for the arrival of the pipe, while In Trinidadthe San Juan de Letán area has 21,129 inhabitants without water.
The official report indicates that the community of Brígido is also in the Sierpe and in Sancti Spíritus those of the Board, La Yaya, Guasimal, Paredes and Planta Yayabo are reported, the latter with 4,427 people affected, due to the instability in the pumping.
In the municipality of Jatibonico the main problems with the water supply are concentrated in the Perico, Cristales, Jobo 5, Arroyo Blanco and Guanabo; In Yaguajay, highlights the community of Piñero; In Taguasco the Yamagua is reported, and in Cabaiguán the dawn, diamond tip and mines are protruding.
In the words of the aqueduct director himself, the lack of water in the mouth, coastal town of Trinidad, is not due to drought, but to a break in the pumping equipment of that territory that extended the delivery cycle for more than 10 days.
“In that area the service is received in three phases, in correspondence with the characteristics of the place and when there are problems, such as now, the supply period is extended,” said Naples Darias.
Water cuts have been a constant in different provinces of the island in recent months, aggravated by the national energy crisis that has affected multiple basic services.
In Santiago de Cuba, although water scarcity has historically been one of the main problems of the territory, the situation has now reached a critical point. In social networks they circulate images of people running behind pipes, desperate to get even a little water. Publications also abound that offer to buy or sell the precious liquid.
In Facebook groups, messages such as: “I give 20,000 for a water pipe for 11 Mariana de la Torre”, “in Caney there are 10,000 Cup” are read, or “I have 500 pesos ice jaros domiciled.” Despair is measured in pesos and liters.
