From Haina to Yaguate, residents of San Cristóbal desperate for constant blackouts

San Cristóbal —Residents of different sectors of San Cristóbal have raised their voices to the sky in the face of the constant and lengthy blackouts that plague the province, especially in the early mornings.

With days of more than 12 hours of electrical interruption, citizens of the city center and municipalities, such as Haina and Yaguate, have complained that most of these occur during the early morning and extend until the early hours of the morning, making it impossible for them to fall asleep due to the heat of the nights.

“We have about a week that the electricity goes out at about 10:00 p.m. and returns after 12:00 p.m. every day, there are days that in the morning hours it also goes out. But more constant at night. There are nights when indignant neighbors have thrown garbage and ignited tires as a method of protest on First Street of Los Químicas, municipal district of Quita Sueño, in Haina,” commented a resident of that sector.

Sonia Montás, who lives in Pueblo Nuevo, also indicated that the electricity goes out in the early morning even though, in her case, they have a recharging light.

A resident of the Residencial La Fortaleza in Los Nova complained that her electricity went out on more than one occasion during this week in the early hours of the morning and that on Friday morning, the service went out from midnight to 9 a.m.

The lady indicated that the service is also intermittently absent during the day, and she has taken the measure of disconnecting part of her appliances for fear that they will break down due to the constant blackouts. “The light lives blinking,” he commented.

The residents of this urbanization fear that due to the blackouts, crime will increase due to the darkness and loneliness in the streets.

In Yaguate, the blackouts have not allowed people to carry out their daily activities.

Yesterday, Friday, residents burned tires on the main roads in demand of the service.

For this Saturday, there will be candle lighting in the municipal park.