The GCN was recently contacted by Joey Habib, from Lides Steel, in the Germiston CBD.<\/p>\n
Habib said that, due to the work being done on the pavement in President Street, the business had been left without any water.<\/p>
At the time of her call they had been without water for a week and a half.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work has been going on for about four to five months,\u201d Habib said.<\/p>
\u201cWhile laying the water pipes, they also damaged the phone cables so we were left without phones, resulting in a great loss of business to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Habib said that although she had reported the water problem to the metro and been given a reference number no one had bothered to come back to them.<\/p>\n
The GCN asked the metro for comment on the matter and only nearly a month later did they came back to us.<\/p>\n
Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro said, \u201cThe metro attended to the water problem on May 27.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is reported that Telkom lines were stolen in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe contractor, together with Telkom, is attending to the matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe metro has requested the contractor to submit a report on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other metro articles:<\/p>\n
Planned power supply interruption to affect parts of the city on Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n Some residents will be without water this Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n