The Ministry of the Interior took stock of the situation this Thursday, January 2 at the end of the day on the restoration of electricity and the telephone network in Mayotte devastated by Cyclone Chido on December 14. Beauvau also spoke about progress on water, schools and reception of Starlink stations.
Environ “62% of the general population is fed“in electricity in Mayotte, indicates the Ministry of the Interior this Thursday evening in its situation update stopped at 4:30 p.m. (Paris time). But 19 days after the deadly passage of Cyclone Chido on the archipelago, it remains “significant disparities between municipalities“, add the authorities.
Electricity is most lacking in the northwest of Mayotte, in Acoua, M'Tsangamouji, Mtsamboro, and Tsingoni. “Nine generators were delivered and installed as a priority in these municipalities“, indicates the Ministry of the Interior, which recalls its objective of “restore electricity to all homes by the end of January 2025“.
For the telephone network, “access to the mobile network is improving day by day“, assure the authorities, with coverage estimated at 84% for Orange, 87.4% for SFR and 75% for Free. Furthermore, “around a hundred Starlink stations“, in order to reestablish the internet connection, “will be received and distributed” from Monday January 6.
Concerning the situation in schools, while François Bayrou announced that the start of the school year would be maintained from January 13, the ministry indicated this Thursday evening that “approximately 70% of 1st and 2nd grade classrooms should be available for the start of the school year“.
For water, “approximately 100% of the population is connected to running water“, reminds the Ministry of the Interior, distributed”for 30 hours instead of 22 hours“previously, for two days out of three, for”guarantee access to running water over time“. “Drinking water treatment infrastructures have recovered their production capacity (around 38,000 m³/day)“, add the authorities.
“Distributions of water and foodstuffs continue, for a total of 90 distributions under escort of the national gendarmerie and the national police (+43 since Monday December 23)“, also indicates the Ministry of the Interior, which calculates a total”of a million liters of water” et “134 tonnes of food“distributed since December 19. Foodstuffs that”correspond to the needs of the population” either “flour, rice, sugar or canned fish“, say the authorities.
Concerning the means committed to “provide assistance to the population and ensure public order“, the Ministry of the Interior counts”more than 4,000 staff“in Mayotte,”including 1,500 as reinforcements, from Civil Security, the national police, the national gendarmerie and the armies“.
