Guadalupe.- “Who knows how many days they had without bathing,” a female voice was heard saying in a video that, if we did not know the current situation in Nuevo León, we could not believe that it was recorded in our beloved Mexico. In the clip, dozens of people can be seen taking advantage of a leak for take a bath on a street in Municipality of Guadeloupe.
It was on Eloy Cavazos Avenue and Delfines Street, in the Guajardo neighborhood, where a drinking water pipe registered a leak and the liquid began to emanate. As the word spread, people began to arrive with containers to take home and others even bathed in the street. An unprecedented scene for the second most populous city in Nuevo León.
Garrafons, buckets of different sizes and any other container to collect water were the tools of the citizens who left their activities aside to go for a little of the precious h20. Let us remember that in some areas of the state located in the north of the country, jugs of water are sold for up to 700 Mexican pesos, that is, just over 34.5 US dollars according to the current exchange rate.
On the other hand, those who chose bathing in the middle of Eloy Cavazos avenue They brought soap, shampoo and even scouring pads to take advantage of the opportunity. All of this unfolded while Servicios de Agua y Drainaje de Monterrey received the report to address the situation.
This Monday, June 20, it was announced that the Heineken brewing company will offer to transfer 700 liters of water per second to Monterrey and the metropolitan area to combat the drought that has made life uncomfortable in some regions.
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This was confirmed by Juan Ignacio Barragán, director of Water and Drainage, who also added that a well is being built to help supply water.
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