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CUBA
Septic tank overflows next door to bakery
HAVANA, Cuba - June 5 (Ernesto Roque Cintero,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - A septic tank
has been overflowing next door to a bakery
in a tony neighborhood of Havana since the
beginning of the year, complain municipal
authorities can't or won't address the problem
adequately.
The tank is on centric 12 Street between
the El Loal bakery and the building next
door. Local residents say the overflowing
water makes the area impassable and shopping
at the bakery distinctly unpleasant but
still necessary. Cubans buy their bread
at the bakery to which they are assigned
by government regulatory authorities, and
do not have the option of shopping at another
establishment.
One neighbor said the problem dates back
to the beginning of 2006, and authorities
have only sent a crew to clean out the tank
after repeated complaints but calls the
effort insufficient.
"That doesn't solve the problem; it's
like putting a band-aid on it."
A student at the health sciences polytechnic
school pointed out the health hazards of
the situation, and joked that they should
change the name of the bakery. "Call
it The Pestilence," he said.
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