In Caltanissetta on Monday, citizens organised a demonstration called ‘We want water’.
One of the initiative’s promoters, Sergio Cirlinci, lives in one of the city’s neighbourhoods, Niscima, which has been without water for the past 42 days.
Many in Caltanissetta are forced to get water from tank trucks with water supplies getting increasingly expensive.
Bar and restaurant owners spend between 250 and 400 euros a month to get water, protesters said.
Meanwhile in Palermo, water rationing began on Monday as part of drought-related emergency measures implemented by local authorities.
The drought has led to a 60 per cent decrease of water reservoirs, leading local authorities to ration water in Sicily’s main city as well as in 50 other municipalities.
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