Water cut off "for technical reasons"

[David McDuff]

eng.kavkaz.memo.ru
18/2/2004

Water supply to Satsita camp of Chechen refugees cut off because of
technical reasons


The supply of water to Satsita, a camp of Chechen refugees situated in
the Ingush village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, was cut off because of
technical damage to the water pipe going through the territory of the
camp, and it was not a purposeful action. A source at the Public Company
for Water Supply and Sewerage (GPVK) told it to the Caucasian Knot
correspondent on February 17. "In view of the fact that the Satsita camp
will be liquidated in the near future, the equipment repair is
considered to be inexpedient," said the GPVK source.

To remind, the supply of water to the Satsita tent camp was cut off two
week ago already. Neither the migration service nor the administration
of the Sunzha district, on the territory of which the camp is situated,
has taken any concrete measures to resolve the situation since that
time. The UNHCR field office in Ingushetia has arranged the delivery of
drinking water to the refugee camp in special tanks, but Satsita
inhabitants still have to limit its use.

Author: Malika Suleymanova
Source: Own correspondent