Minister of Culture Malika Bendouda inspected the final arrangements for the 29th Algiers International Book Fair (SILA), scheduled for October 28 to November 7 at the Pins Maritimes Exhibition Center. In other developments, SEAAL has initiated water supply cuts for customers in Algiers with unpaid bills. Security forces dismantled an illegal alcohol distribution network in Sig, seizing over 2,200 units, and arrested two suspects for a store robbery in El Bayadh. Meanwhile, Civil Protection services successfully extinguished a bus fire in Boumerdès with no casualties, rescued a family from carbon monoxide poisoning in Bouira, and recorded 3 fatalities and 224 injuries in road accidents over the past 24 hours nationwide.