Closing public water taps “like drinking blood of the people”: Umar Naseer
05 Apr 2010, 6:34 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Male’ Municipality has closed 14 public water taps across the city, leaving only four taps available.
Deputy Head of the Municipality Mohamed Arif said the taps were closed because the council had received many complaints about the taps, which were “not being used by Maldivians.”
”Most of the water is used by expats, for car washing and a very few poor locals,” Arif said. ”We have done surveys to check who has been using the water taps.”
Arif said the water taps cost the municipality Rf3.5 million (US$270,000) last year.
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