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FROM
CUBA
45,000 without water for five days in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, September 9 (Richard Roselló
/ www.cubanet.org) A burned-out pump left
45,000 residents of Batabanó, a small
city south of Havana, without running water
five days ago and with no respite in sight.
Presumably an electrical discharge damaged
the pump when it hit Monday. Residents have
had to fend for themselves since then.
"This is too much," said an older
woman, pushing a wheelbarrow full of water
buckets. Others get their water from distant
wells.
"We have been putting up with this
for five days. It is the end", said
one man who pointed out there were no tank
trucks available to distribute water.
Batabanó is still recovering from
the impact of hurricane Charley August 13
and a subsequent storm which left the city
without water for 10 days.
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