Madagascar: Water Cuts in Antananarivo Exasperate Locals

Radio France Internationale

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Daily water cuts, which sometimes last for several consecutive days: in Antananarivo, the Malagasy capital, many neighbourhoods have been subject to increasing restrictions for several weeks. The fault of insufficient production and a poor distribution system. The Jirama, the public water and electricity company, announced the forthcoming establishment of "water towers", with timetables of cuts planned in advance, in order to distribute the dist…

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The inhabitants of Antananarivo and its peripheries are facing a new wave of prolonged water cuts, fuelling anger in several districts of the Malagasy capital. For several days, the national water and electricity company, the Jirama, has been implementing a programme of relief deemed particularly restrictive by the population. Plus a drop of water has sunk inside the homes or at the nearby public fountain for two days, expl ...