Over 9 Million People in Mexico Without Drinking Water on World Water Day BERNAMA
go to original March 22, 2017

More than two million people have been affected by water shortages across Mexico’s capital (Al Jazeera)

More than nine million people in Mexico do not today have access to drinking water, said the National Commission for Water (Conagua).

According to statistics, one in four people does not have access to drinking water and the Government goes for privatization and cutting of funds in that field.

Conagua barely was allocated this year some $26 billion Mexican pesos ($1.3 billion USD), which represents almost 30 percent of the total amount allocated by the State before 2016.

The strategy, published by the domestic media, was to privatize water in Mexicali, Baja California, and Ramos Arizpe, in Coahuila, but given the refusal of the population the local managements stopped it.

Meanwhile, in the estates of Aguascalientes, Saltillo, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Puebla and Mexico City, water is already in private hands and fees increased as a result.

Given this trend, the General Law of Waters has not been passed, delaying the guarantee to a basic human right included in the Constitution.

See the original at Malaysian Digest

See more coverage of World Water Day at Inter Press Service

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