The water supply has gone out in the linked islands of Addu, prompting mounting complaints from residents.

The water supply service – provided by Fenaka Corporation – has been down since on Thursday afternoon.

Addu councilman Ahmed Saeed told Sun that the water outage had been sudden.

He said that authorities were working on resolving the issue.

Ahmed said the residents of the islands were deeply inconvenienced by the outage, with water unavailable for drinking and in bathrooms.

“I bought mineral water from a shop to bath my son to take him to school today,” said one resident.

Fenaka was not immediately available for comment regarding the situation.

Addu is the most populous city in the Maldives after Male’ City, with some 12,000 residents.