{"id":185950,"date":"2014-02-12T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/water-price-hike-surprise-in-south-darfur-capital\/"},"modified":"2014-02-12T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T19:46:00","slug":"water-price-hike-surprise-in-south-darfur-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-price-hike-surprise-in-south-darfur-capital","title":{"rendered":"Water price hike \u2018surprise\u2019 in South Darfur capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have complained about a 100 percent increase in their monthly drinking water bills.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners told Radio Dabanga that the city utilities have doubled the monthly water bill from SDG25 ($4.40) SDG50 ($8.80). A number of citizens were taken by surprise when they went to pay their January bill. The Water Corporation refused to accept payment of the old tariff and threatened to cut-off the supply from each house refusing to pay the new price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis indicates that the increase was imposed by the Water Corporation and not the state legislature,\u201d a listener commented.<\/p>\n<p>Callers pointed out that the increase is beyond the means of the vast majority of the population, especially in light of deteriorating economic conditions and other rising prices in Nyala.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran \/ Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/66051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food prices soar in South Darfur capital<\/a> (5 February 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/64305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Food prices, scarcity of petrol still rising&#8217;: South Kordofan citizens<\/a> (15 January 2014)<!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have complained about a 100 percent increase in their monthly drinking water bills. Listeners told Radio Dabanga that the city utilities have doubled the monthly water bill from SDG25 ($4.40) SDG50 ($8.80). A number of citizens were taken by surprise when they went to pay their January bill. The Water Corporation refused to accept payment of the old tariff and threatened to cut-off the supply from each house refusing to pay the new price. \u201cThis indicates that the increase was imposed by the Water Corporation and not the state legislature,\u201d a listener commented. Callers pointed out that the increase is beyond the means of the vast majority of the population, especially in light of deteriorating economic conditions and other rising prices in Nyala. File photo (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran \/ Unamid) Related: Food prices soar in South Darfur capital (5 February 2014) &#8216;Food prices, scarcity of petrol still rising&#8217;: South Kordofan citizens (15 January 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Water price hike \u2018surprise\u2019 in South Darfur capital - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-price-hike-surprise-in-south-darfur-capital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water price hike \u2018surprise\u2019 in South Darfur capital - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have complained about a 100 percent increase in their monthly drinking water bills. 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