LA PAZ, March 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Bolivia began celebrations of the World Water Day established by the United Nations N 17 years ago with a call the rational use of water.

According to the Minister of Environment and Water María Esther Udaeta, a Water Fair will also be held in La Paz this weekend to attract the public, especially young people.

The United Nations (UN) choose ”Clean Water for a Healthy World” as theme for World Water Day this year, which sums up importance of supplying superior water to improve people’s health and living conditions.

Udaeta said the capitalist system is responsible for the current world water shortage because of the disastrous consequences of the climate change in the world.

Since 2006 President Evo Morales’ administration have carried out changes in favour of the population’s access to water and that is why water privatisation is prohibited.

The government has also invested more than US$ 20 million in providing drinking water and sewer systems in the cities and rural regions.

According to President Morales, access to water is a human right and not a “lucrative merchandise”. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA

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