HAVANA, May 9 (Oswaldo de Céspedes, CPI) - The Quibú river, which flows along the western fringes of Havana, has become polluted from indiscriminate dumping over the years and is a breeding ground for flies and mosquitoes.
The area known as "the Hole" is the worst affected. Olga Rita Ramírez Delgado, national coordinator of the Cuban Environmental Association (AMAC) said that the situation there is "critical" and that there have been numerous complaints lodged by residents.
"Up to this point, nothing has been done," said Ramírez. Then she remembered: "Last year, after Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Rosa Elena Simeón visited the area, the river was dredged. Instead of solving any problems, this caused land slides
from the river banks, damaging some dwellings there."
"Filth, pestilence and disease vectors are abundant in the river," she said. Among those affected by the dredging operation, Mayra Saura Valdés, who lives on 148 Street, in "the Hole" lost the rear end of her house to the land slides. Xiomara Ortiz, on 146 Street, has
water coming into her house since the dredging.
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