00:00Residents of Babuandi Street in Sandy Grandi say they are being forced to live without some of the most basic
00:06services, water, street lighting and garbage collection.
00:11For many of them, this has been their reality for years.
00:14It's 2026, but according to the residents, little has changed.
00:19They say garbage trucks rarely travel along their road, leaving them with no choice but to carry their garbage to
00:25other streets for disposal.
00:27One resident says the situation has become increasingly difficult, especially without reliable water supply.
00:34I've been living on this street for the longest while and I haven't seen a garbage truck on this street.
00:40This is higher up, Babuandi, and I would like for the garbage truck to come here.
00:47I would like to have water as well because it's very hard to get, like, to be toting, go lower
00:55down the street to get water, to tote it up, or to carry the garbage in another street.
01:00It's, like, it's hard.
01:02She explained that the lack of water and garbage collection affects daily life in every household.
01:08And then the water, we need that too as well.
01:12And them two things are important.
01:14In our household, you know, everybody has to wash, everybody has to get the garbage out there.
01:20You can't keep it in your house for how long?
01:23Either buy water or tote water from a standby.
01:27And look how far, we don't have any standby.
01:30Close by, we have to walk a little distance further down.
01:34Meanwhile, another resident from Farm Road says, despite not having a steady water supply for years, she continued to receive
01:41monthly bills from the Water and Sewage Authority.
01:44She says she refused to pay for a service she does not receive.
01:48I'm not paying anything for what I'm not getting.
01:51I can't pay a bill for something I'm not receiving.
01:53That is wrong.
01:55That is injustice.
01:56So I keep the bill closed so whenever they come to me, I'm going to show them all my bill.
02:04She's now calling on the authorities to address the long-standing problems affecting the community because access to water is
02:11not a luxury but a necessity.
02:13Come and do something because they look like they forget us in the back here.
02:17They forget us.
02:19They just come when it's voting time, you know, they pass in for you to vote.
02:23But UN is adhering to our issues.
02:27We have big issues in the back here.
02:29The water is a big problem.
02:32Water we need for life, to live.
02:36We have everything to do with water.
02:38Residents are now hoping their concerns will finally receive attention and that basic services will be restored to their community.
02:47Charlotte Kisto, TV6 News.
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