15:11, 18 February 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, CK correspondent

Source: Caucasian Knot