The regime installs collective tanks in Granma as a "solution" for water after Hurricane Melissa

The Cuban regime continues to deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in the eastern part of the country with measures that highlight the precariousness of its management and serve more as a facade than as a real solution.

An example is the installation of collective water tanks in the community of Grito de Yara, in the municipality of Río Cauto, province of Granma, where residents must share access to drinking water through plastic containers placed in common areas.

According to a post on Facebook by José Manuel Rodríguez Valdivia, an employee of the local government and a spokesperson for the regime in that province, three-thousand-liter polyethylene tanks are being placed at strategic points in the town of Grito de Yara, in the municipality of Río Cauto, so that residents can collect drinking water.

In his post, the official described the initiative as a "vital support" for those affected, along with the distribution of personal and larger mattresses.

The images circulated show shared plastic containers among several families, highlighting the precariousness of water access in the area.

Although the measure has been presented as a temporary solution, it does not address the deterioration of the hydraulic infrastructure or the inhabitants' reliance on an improvised collective distribution system.

It is also worth mentioning that many of these temporary solutions – as history shows – end up extending over time until they become permanent, bringing with them new problems.

Hurricane Melissa caused severe flooding in the eastern part of the country, especially in the province of Granma, where the overflow of the Cauto River left communities isolated and damaged thousands of homes.

Despite the scale of the damage, the government has not officially declared a state of disaster, although the installation of community tanks and the arrival of international aid highlight the true extent of the emergency.

In the municipality of Río Cauto, in the province of Granma, the regime has implemented makeshift measures to alleviate the crisis caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Among the actions taken, the regime clarified that the provision of mattresses to the affected would not be free in all cases. Some would be exempt from payment while others would need to pay 50 percent of the cost.

On the other hand, the sale of food items such as picadillo and sausages to those affected has sparked criticism among the victims, who expected at least a minimum of free assistance amid the disaster. 

Even more controversially, the regime sold bottled water to those affected by the floods.

This fact has caused outrage among Cubans, who find it unacceptable that in a situation like the one left by Melissa in the eastern region, the regime is capable of selling water, even at "symbolic" prices.