Petrol shortage halts water deliveries in São Tomé
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Telanon
Residents of outlying districts in São Tomé and Príncipe are facing a shortage of running water, and some buy water delivered by motorbike-trucks for more than 1,000 dobras per 1,000 litres. The lack of petrol has paralysed these deliveries, while residents of Bobô Fôrro say they have had no water for three months, Telanon reports.
A shortage of petrol has halted water deliveries by motorbike-trucks in the outlying districts of São Tomé, where taps have been dry for several months in some areas. Residents affected have to buy transported water or travel several kilometres to find it, Telanon reports.
In Bobô Fôrro, a resident, Agostinha da Glória, says her neighbourhood has had no running water for three months. She explains that the motorbike-trucks that used to fetch water from the river are immobilised for lack of fuel. In Boa Morte, Antónia Fernandes Moreno also describes dry taps despite the presence of pipes in the neighbourhood.
Before deliveries stopped, residents paid more than 1,000 dobras for 1,000 litres of transported water. The crisis is also affecting Água Porca and Penha, according to Telanon.
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