A mother of two children in the Centro Habana municipality reported that she has been living in a lake of black water for the past three months due to a blockage in a sewer in front of her house.
The activist Yamilka Lafita, known on Facebook as Lara Crofs, posted the case on her profile and said that the house, located at the corner of Desagüe and Oquendo streets, has a huge pool of wastewater in front of the entrance.
The family, made up of the mother, her husband, and their two children, told her that after a sewer in front of their house became clogged, they live amidst stagnant water and accumulated trash, with no response from the authorities.
Her husband and one of her children have already contracted dengue, and mosquitoes and other pests are proliferating, she explained.
Despite the repeated attempts by the woman to seek help from the competent authorities, no one has resolved the situation.
Both the director and the inspectors of Aguas de La Habana in the Centro Habana municipality have ignored the complaints filed, said the complainant.
The mother also contacted a crew responsible for cleaning sewers, which promised to send a high-pressure truck to unclog the drainage, but never kept its word.
"They told me they would send the truck, but they never arrived. The worst part is that they laughed when they mentioned my situation. I don't know where else to go," the mother declared.
The Facebook post complains that in addition to the drainage crisis, the street and its surroundings are full of garbage.
The regime has a serious problem with solid waste collection, which in some places like Santiago de Cuba has led residents to set fire to the garbage containers that proliferate throughout the city.
Health authorities also state that they do not have fuel or resources to carry out fumigation campaigns against mosquitoes, despite the circulation of dengue and Oropouche fever on the island.
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