2023-11-11 20:40:37
A group of women closed traffic this Saturday in the corner of Monte and Agramonte, in Old Havana, in protest once morest the lack of water. According to a video shared on social networks by journalist Mario Pentóna dozen women, some with minors, blocked the passage of cars by placing buckets and tanks in a row on the street.
“We are calm. We are not leaving here until they bring, at least, a water pipe. “We can’t take it anymore,” one of the women was heard saying. in a video most extensive shared on networks by the news portal Cubanet.
#Last minute #denunciaciudadanacuba | A group of neighbors demand water in Monte and Agramonte, Havana. pic.twitter.com/peKHLyYbkH
— Mario J. Pentón (@MarioJPenton) November 11, 2023
According to the aforementioned media, women “They stood at the scene for around 20 minutes until several police officers arrived. to the place and began to take the names of the people, even those who were recording as a form of intimidation.” They explained that, following the protest, They sent the residents of that area three pipes with water.
Havana, and especially that area, has been suffering for several years from a profound drinking water supply crisisdealing with the terrible state of the pipes and the lack of action from the Government.
This critical situation has been recognized by the authorities and even by the official presswhich indicates the municipalities most affected by this problem:Cerro, Plaza de la Revolución, Diez de Octubre, Centro Habana and Old Havana.
Last July, the state company Aguas de La Habana recognized that around 77,000 inhabitants of the Cuban capital were affected by the lack of water supply services through technical networks, due to problems with the pumping equipment, electrical instability in critical supply systems and damage from electrical storms.
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