Our View: Water shortage is a failure policy, not nature

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou, speaking at the House plenum on Thursday, said that while drought was an act of God, shortage of water was down to human incompetence. The priority now, was not to go back over the years apportioning blame, but to forge a national policy for tackling the water shortage problem once and for all.

More desalination plants should be set up, Neophytou said, and we should not be frightened by the high electricity costs, because we have sunshine almost 365 days a year...