Residents Wait In Vain For Water Supply

Five houses in Nakobo Settle­ment, Labasa, are without water supply for one month.

Unhappy resident Zoheb Ali said she used to get water cart from Water Authority of Fiji every Thursday under the previous Gov­ernment, but this year families faced disruptions.

“I had called WAF’s toll free number 1508 on November 6, 11, 19 and 23 and until today there is no water cart,” Mr Ali said.

“The person who answered my call gave me request number 2118784 and then later 2124546 promising that water cart will be provided, unfortunately no re­sponse.”

There are about 24 residents who include elderly persons, people living with diabetes and school children.

Most had no choice, but to walk long distances to a nearby river to fetch water.

“If WAF can’t provide service it should remove the toll free num­ber and tell us nicely for once about their inability instead of wasting our time and money,” he said.

“Making false promise and de­priving people their right to basic need is not a noble practice.”

He said while other parts of La­basa were receiving water carts, he wanted to know why his settle­ment was ignored.

An email was sent to WAF seek­ing clarification on Thursday.

WAF staff acknowledged email receipt and assured us that they would follow up on this issue.

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