{"id":186336,"date":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/water-cut-lasts-due-to-unrepaired-pumps-in-south-darfur-camp\/"},"modified":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","slug":"water-cut-lasts-due-to-unrepaired-pumps-in-south-darfur-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-cut-lasts-due-to-unrepaired-pumps-in-south-darfur-camp","title":{"rendered":"Water cut lasts due to unrepaired pumps in South Darfur camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">For three consecutive weeks there has been a water cut in the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, without a solution in sight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">A sheikh from the camp told Radio Dabanga on Thursday that the residents of the camp are now facing an acute crisis of drinking water as the supply has continued to be disrupted for a period of three weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">This is due to the failure of WEST, the national organisation working in the field of water, to provide gasoline for the water pumps. According to the sheikh, \u201cit has no budget to do so. 22 pumps have been non-operative due to the lack of fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">In a Radio Dabanga report from November, WEST told a spokesperson for the Otash camp that it has no budget to provide fuel for the water pumps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">As a result the displaced people have to go buy water from commercial wells, 1km away from the camp, \u201cdespite the extreme cold and the few clothes they have,\u201d the sheikh added. \u201cA large number of the camp residents have no tins to transport water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">The Otash camp residents expressed anger at the inability of the WEST organisation to provide fuel supply for the pumps, and accuse WEST of not letting other organisations working in the region to intervene and solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><em>File photo: A mother washing her son in a North Darfur camp for the displaced (Albert Gonzalez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><em>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/60122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acute drinking water shortage, &#8216;health disaster&#8217; in South Darfur camps<\/a> (26 November 2013)<\/em><!--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>For three consecutive weeks there has been a water cut in the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, without a solution in sight.\u00a0 A sheikh from the camp told Radio Dabanga on Thursday that the residents of the camp are now facing an acute crisis of drinking water as the supply has continued to be disrupted for a period of three weeks. This is due to the failure of WEST, the national organisation working in the field of water, to provide gasoline for the water pumps. According to the sheikh, \u201cit has no budget to do so. 22 pumps have been non-operative due to the lack of fuel.\u201d In a Radio Dabanga report from November, WEST told a spokesperson for the Otash camp that it has no budget to provide fuel for the water pumps.\u00a0 As a result the displaced people have to go buy water from commercial wells, 1km away from the camp, \u201cdespite the extreme cold and the few clothes they have,\u201d the sheikh added. \u201cA large number of the camp residents have no tins to transport water.\u201d The Otash camp residents expressed anger at the inability of the WEST organisation to provide fuel supply for the pumps, and accuse WEST of not letting other organisations working in the region to intervene and solve the problem. File photo: A mother washing her son in a North Darfur camp for the displaced (Albert Gonzalez Farran\/Unamid) Related: Acute drinking water shortage, &#8216;health disaster&#8217; in South Darfur camps (26 November 2013)<\/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-186336","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 cut lasts due to unrepaired pumps in South Darfur camp - 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-cut-lasts-due-to-unrepaired-pumps-in-south-darfur-camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water cut lasts due to unrepaired pumps in South Darfur camp - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For three consecutive weeks there has been a water cut in the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, without a solution in sight.\u00a0 A sheikh from the camp told Radio Dabanga on Thursday that the residents of the camp are now facing an acute crisis of drinking water as the supply has continued to be disrupted for a period of three weeks. 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