{"id":177060,"date":"2017-12-27T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/most-fuel-stations-closed-in-port-sudan-bakeries-shut\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T11:35:00","slug":"most-fuel-stations-closed-in-port-sudan-bakeries-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/most-fuel-stations-closed-in-port-sudan-bakeries-shut","title":{"rendered":"Most fuel stations closed in Port Sudan, bakeries shut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ongoing severe fuel and cooking gas shortage<\/a> in Port Sudan resulted in most fuel stations in Port Sudan shutting down on Tuesday. Gas-fired bakeries have also stopped operating.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalist Osman Hashim told Radio Dabanga that long queues of vehicles wait at the fuel stations all day long. Gas-fired bakeries have also stopped working because of the cooking gas crisis.<\/p>\n

According to Hashim, the station agents attributed the crisis to the delay in the discharge of the fuel tankers in Port Sudan.<\/p>\n

West Darfur<\/strong><\/p>\n

The residents of three villages in Jebel Moon in West Darfur have complained of a severe drinking water crisis.<\/p>\n

One of the residents told Radio Dabanga that the villages of Manjoura, Jamal Arseif and Fareeda have no water engines or hand pumps.<\/p>\n

He said they rely on underground wells whose water has dried up prompting them to travel long distances to fetch water from the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

He appealed to the authorities to establish water engines and provide hand pumps in their areas.<\/p>\n

Prices surge<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Red Sea state in eastern Sudan is witnessing a surge in prices and an unprecedented rise in the prices of basic commodities.<\/p>\n

A number of farmers from the Northern state have complained of the sudden and large increase in electricity tariffs for agricultural projects amounting to 1,000 per cent.<\/p>\n

They have expected failure of the winter season of growing wheat, Egyptian beans and a number of cash crops<\/p>\n

Some factory owners have threatened to stop working if electricity tariffs are increased<\/p>\n

The secretary-general of the union of chambers of industry, Abbas Ali El Sayed, told a news conference that the price of a ton of iron will rise from SDG 15,000 to SDG 20,000 and an iron bar from SDG 100 to SDG 300.<\/p>\n

Last week, petrol stations in Khartoum witnessed long queues<\/a> for the third day in a row. On Tuesday and Wednesday<\/a><\/u>, hundreds of people waited in vain for transport at bus stations in Omdurman, Khartoum North, and Khartoum.<\/p>\n

A government source has attributed the scarcity of fuel to delays in shipments through Port Sudan.<\/p>\n

NISS officers have warned the Sudanese media by telephone not to report about the scarcity of bread and fuel in the country.<\/p>\n