Water-Carriers Back on Dushanbe Streets
Davlatsho Etiborov reports from a neighbourhood of the Tajik capital where residents have to get their water from a common pump as the mains system is not working.
Water-Carriers Back on Dushanbe Streets
Davlatsho Etiborov reports from a neighbourhood of the Tajik capital where residents have to get their water from a common pump as the mains system is not working.
Women in the area spend many hours a day hauling buckets water; a lucky few have donkeys to do the carrying.
Saidmurod Kalandarov of the city water authority says the area is in fact getting its quota through the mains system – which in this case means four hour a day. Residents’ group leaders say this is incorrect, as water only reaches a few homes before running out.
To get an assured constant supply, Kalandarov added, residents would have to pay their water rates, and have meters installed.
Saidmurod Kalandarov of the city water authority says the area is in fact getting its quota through the mains system – which in this case means four hour a day. Residents’ group leaders say this is incorrect, as water only reaches a few homes before running out.
To get an assured constant supply, Kalandarov added, residents would have to pay their water rates, and have meters installed.
