The consumer body raises the alarm over bottled water prices during the shortage

Thouraya Tebassi, vice-president of the consumer defence organisation ODC, says it has received several complaints that bottled water is hard to find while its price has risen. She condemns speculators and intermediaries, and argues that a supply crisis must not become a pretext for unjustified increases. During the week inspectors seized 8,832 bottles at Nabeul and, earlier, 40,000 litres at Sousse.

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