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Retreats: cold showers in Val-de-Marne after the wild power cut

2020-01-21T19:22:01.383Z


The power outage, early this Tuesday morning in the Orly and Rungis area, has wreaked havoc in several municipalities in Val-de-Marne. The act


Residents plunged into darkness, cold showers, a crèche without heating, a town hall without a switchboard… The wild power cut by the CGT Énergie Val-de-Marne Tuesday morning for almost two hours, to denounce the reform of retreats, disrupted the start of the day by at least 35,000 Val-de-Marnais.

In L'Haÿ-les-Roses, the Vallée-aux-Renards and Blondeaux districts were cut off. "For children who wake up, it's the worst time of day," says Malika, who walks her baby in a stroller. No other solution for heating the bottle than using a stove that she had kept, "luckily", in a carton. Little aware of the pension reform, the young mother does not understand why "random" residents are "penalized": "We already have heating problems in the building. They are going to get everyone back by doing these kinds of actions. "

"My wife is sick! We thought we were going crazy ”

André, retired, would also have done well with this cut: “My wife is sick! We thought we were going crazy without knowing what was going on. I ended up calling the town hall. However, this former union delegate for national education "understands" the process. “When the parades no longer have an effect, you have to strike hard. The proof is that everyone is talking about this cut. "

Many residents were also treated to a cold shower. The cause: the geothermal power plants which supply heating and hot water to several areas of the city have stopped working. “They were able to be restarted for a gradual rise in the temperature of the network. But due to the winter temperatures that have become very low, the most distant districts only returned to normal temperature at the end of the morning, ”underlines the town hall. Without forgetting one of the Orly crèches, the boiler of which broke down for long hours after the power cut. On the town hall side, the switchboard was unavailable for part of the day.

"When I woke up this morning, I saw that there was no current," says Etienne, a resident of Orly. It was embarrassing. I went down my stairs using the light on my cell phone. As my stove runs on gas, I was able to heat water and brew coffee. "

"Stupidity in the rough!"

“These wild and illegal power cuts are very stupid, protests Vincent Jeanbrun (Libres!), The mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses. By doing so, the union increases the risk of road accidents because the traffic lights no longer work, and this endangers people who use breathing machines at night. Several of our kindergartens and elementary schools no longer had heating at the opening when it was between 0 and 1 degree outside. The right to strike does not give all rights, and certainly not the right to put the most vulnerable among us in danger. It's stupidity in the rough! "

VIDEO. Édouard Philippe: “Wild power cuts must be penalized”

Source: leparis

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