HAVANA.- The crisis of blackouts and the lack of drinking water is worsening in the majority of the Cuban national territory, increasing the despair of the population, in the midst of one of the greatest crises that the island is going through.
Residents in eight provinces on the island told Martí Newsfrom the city of Santa Clara, where there is no electricity or water in many neighborhoods.
“Talking about blackouts right now is outrageous, for example, here there are areas of Brisas del Oeste that have not received water for a month,” the media reports.
In the city of Pinar del Río there are lights and they have been without water supply for weeks, says José Rolando Cásares.
“Five hours of electricity in total throughout the day, and there are primary schools, semi-boarding schools and they do not send the supply of the pipes, there is no fuel,” said the activist.
In the city of Guantánamo the crisis is very deep, warned communicator Anderlay Guerra Blanco.
“There were people who were without power from noon to one at night, and they couldn’t get water because the pumping stations didn’t have power,” explained the independent journalist.
Juan Alberto de la Nuez Ramírez, from the town of Aguada de Pasajeros, in the province of Cienfuegos, pointed out that “they are removing the electricity for about 12 hours a day.”
“The water pumping stations also work with electricity, and because of that there is no water in the homes either,” said the opponent.
There are people who are sleeping in the doorways of their homes because of the heat and some mothers are not taking their children to school in the city of Sancti Spíritus, reported independent journalist Adriano Castañeda.
“In some places there are up to 16 hours of blackout and there is no water.”
Also without food, without water and with blackouts are the residents in the city of Güira de Melena in the province of Artemisa, said Martha Domínguez.
“Yesterday was from morning until one, from three until 11 at night, this is the greatest thing in life,” said the resident.
In the town of Mayarí, in the province of Holguín, Teresa Miranda Céspedes highlighted that they spend practically the entire day in a blackout.
“There are many people with damaged equipment, televisions and refrigerators, and no one is going to pay for that,” the activist recalled.
In the capital municipality of 10 de Octubre there are scheduled blackouts and serious problems with water pumping, commented economist Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello.
“We have the same thermoelectric plants, that’s why there is no electricity because those plants are very old, we have the same aqueduct, the dictatorship has never taken care of maintaining anything,” said the economist.
The Cuban Electrical Union recognized this Wednesday that it has few resources to respond to the serious energy crisis that the country is experiencing.
While Antonio Rodríguez, who presides over the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources of Cuba, recognized that the water service in the country is marked by broken equipment, lack of maintenance, spare parts and lack of fuel, which prevents Establish a time estimate to resolve the crisis.
Source: Radio Television Martí
