{"id":176723,"date":"2018-03-04T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/water-crisis-in-el-malha-north-darfur\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T09:47:00","slug":"water-crisis-in-el-malha-north-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-crisis-in-el-malha-north-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Water crisis in El Malha, North Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"

El <\/strong>Malha in the northern part of North Darfur is suffering from thirst after water pumps stopped working in the locality.<\/strong> Many places in the state are experiencing severe water shortages because of the shortage of fuel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The pumps in the wells stopped working because of the fuel crisis in the state,” an angry resident told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

“The Water Department of El Malha has doubled the price for a barrel of water at a water well. Instead of SDG 2.50 we now pay SDG 5 – while often there is no water pumped at all,” the source said.<\/p>\n

“The commercial prices of water are soaring. They ask SDG 50 ($ 2.80*) for a barrel of water here in Kenana.”<\/p>\n

He attributed the crisis to the skyrocketing prices of fuel and spare parts for the pumps. “A barrel of petrol currently costs SDG 1,700 ($ 94) at the black market.<\/p>\n

“We don’t know what to do if the crisis continues into the hot summer months,” he said.<\/p>\n

El Fasher<\/strong><\/p>\n

The capital of North Darfur is suffering from a shortage of drinking water as well. Local MPs urged the state authorities a week ago<\/a> “to urgently develop plans” to solve the acute water crisis, “especially that the summer is approaching”.<\/p>\n

The head of the North Darfur Drinking Water Department attributed the water shortage to fluctuations in the power supply “that negatively affects the flow of water to the city”.<\/p>\n

* Based on the official US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n