No water for residents along Khalsa Rd junction to Colo-i-Suva since Saturday
We are frustrated - Lesu

No water for residents along Khalsa Rd junction to Colo-i-Suva since Saturday

We are frustrated - Lesu

By Alipate Narawa
Wednesday 24/04/2024
Photo : File

Residents living just 15 minutes out of Suva along the Khalsa Rd junction to Colo-i-Suva have over the last couple of months been facing intermittent water supply, and have had no water at all with no warning from the Water Authority of Fiji since last Saturday.

Resident, Viliame Lesu says it started back in February with the water usually coming on at around 10pm before cutting off again at 9am.

Lesu says when they return home in the afternoon, there is no water, so they have to save some water for their needs in the day as well as for cooking their dinner.

He says while they get responses and promises of water cartage from the calls to WAF, their drums and buckets are still dry.

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The frustrated resident says the point they are trying to raise is the inconsistency of water supply adding that WAF can go on their facebook page and talk about the water problem in the greater Suva area, but they cannot give advise on what is happening in their area.

Lesu says he has been emailing WAF from Monday and yesterday when they were promised that a water truck would come to their area, but when he got home after work he was informed that no water truck visited their area.

He says residents are even hiring cars and taxis to get water for their families from other areas as well as flagging down water trucks.

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We have sent questions to WAF and are awaiting their response.

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