Garbage and water shortages affect areas of Santiago

The city of Santiago is full of garbage, which worries neighbors, doctors and boards inhabitants here, who fear that the accumulated solid waste unwinding outbreaks of infectious diseases that can cause serious damage to the population. While since yesterday at least 38 sectors of the southern area of Santiago confronted problems to supply drinking water by a fault in the pipe of the aqueduct Central Cibao in the Hispanic American Avenue.

The streets of the town centre, as well as neighborhoods and residential areas, have heaps of waste and, according to neighbors, gatherers trucks do not go by their places since last Friday in the evening.

The trash lurks between sidewalks and the contenes, forcing pedestrians to jump into the middle of the tracks to avoid clusters of waste, which exposes to be mugged by drivers that run at high speed. Josefina Contreras, calle General Cabrera, said u000athat this road has become a dump, because compactors trucks do not cross it on Thursday. While merchants complained that because containers are insufficient, they placed waste in a corner of the front of their business to waiting lorries to pass to remove them.

Water shortage
the Corporation of the aqueduct and sewer of Santiago (Coraasan) said that their technicians are working to correct the anomaly. The situation is perceived in Barrio Lindo, Hato Mayor, Germander, Barrio Obrero, Olympic village, San Jose mine, spell Sabaneta, La Paloma, Canabacoa, Los Angeles, urbanization Thomen, dagger inside and outside, Los Cocos, Guayabal, Los Jobos, stay new, military Club, Laguna Prieta, Los Filpos, Monte Adentro and killing inside.

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