Thursday, November 16, 2006
Another horror story.
The following section of a letter received by AUN relates to a problem happening near Gandia. The story was recently covered in a newspaper but our AUN member considers the whole thing is a nightmare, even worse than indicated in the article.
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The irrigation water, on which the neighbours rely, has been cut off and according to one neighbour there will be a charge of 1,500 euros to reconnect . Some of the neighbours have shares in the water company and cannot find out the truth. Why should they have to pay for something they already partly own?
Bowsers are being used to bring water to the neighbours but some of the streets are so narrow that, while there are channels excavated in the roads, there is no way the bowsers can reach the houses.
Our friends are among those who have to carry water bottles, gas, shopping etc from the main road where they have to wrestle with other neighbours to park their cars. They needed oil for their CH and that took some organising to be able to get the tanker to them. One of the three channels had to be filled first. Two more still have to be excavated as water, sewage, electricity plus telephone all go into separate channels. However, the workmen have now disappeared to go to other works and no one knows what is happening. I am watching the health of my friends deteriorate and fear they may go the same way as our other friends who have suffered heart attacks.
Some people have refused to pay so that could be an interesting situation. As far as I know the depuradora for the sewage has not yet been built but I could be wrong about that. Heaven help our friends if they ever need the bomberos or an ambulance.
There is an office in the village for people to visit to find out information. No one in the Townhall seems to know if it has a telephone [probably not as there are no lines}, so one has to go there but two of the three entrances to the village are under construction and to get there is a nightmare. Those in attendance have tried to be helpful but so many questions we pose are met with a shrug of the shoulders. Now we have the wet weather so everything has stopped. If the work is finished by December, I will believe in Father Christmas!!
The following section of a letter received by AUN relates to a problem happening near Gandia. The story was recently covered in a newspaper but our AUN member considers the whole thing is a nightmare, even worse than indicated in the article.
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The irrigation water, on which the neighbours rely, has been cut off and according to one neighbour there will be a charge of 1,500 euros to reconnect . Some of the neighbours have shares in the water company and cannot find out the truth. Why should they have to pay for something they already partly own?
Bowsers are being used to bring water to the neighbours but some of the streets are so narrow that, while there are channels excavated in the roads, there is no way the bowsers can reach the houses.
Our friends are among those who have to carry water bottles, gas, shopping etc from the main road where they have to wrestle with other neighbours to park their cars. They needed oil for their CH and that took some organising to be able to get the tanker to them. One of the three channels had to be filled first. Two more still have to be excavated as water, sewage, electricity plus telephone all go into separate channels. However, the workmen have now disappeared to go to other works and no one knows what is happening. I am watching the health of my friends deteriorate and fear they may go the same way as our other friends who have suffered heart attacks.
Some people have refused to pay so that could be an interesting situation. As far as I know the depuradora for the sewage has not yet been built but I could be wrong about that. Heaven help our friends if they ever need the bomberos or an ambulance.
There is an office in the village for people to visit to find out information. No one in the Townhall seems to know if it has a telephone [probably not as there are no lines}, so one has to go there but two of the three entrances to the village are under construction and to get there is a nightmare. Those in attendance have tried to be helpful but so many questions we pose are met with a shrug of the shoulders. Now we have the wet weather so everything has stopped. If the work is finished by December, I will believe in Father Christmas!!
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