Pipe break cuts water to four Nasr City areas

A sudden break in an 800-millimeter water line has cut service to four areas of Cairo's Nasr City district and weakened flow in two others.

• Cairo Drinking Water Company announced a sudden break on Abbas El-Akkad Street, in front of the International Garden.
• The outage cut water to the Seventh and Eighth districts, Shorouk al-Ahly housing, and Saqr Quraish; the First and Sixth districts saw reduced flow.
• The company has deployed engineers, technicians, workers, and equipment to complete repairs and restore pumping.
• It will distribute free drinking-water tankers, requestable via hotline 125 or WhatsApp at 01006665125, and apologized, citing circumstances beyond its control.