Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Internally Displaced Persons living in Shagara area, West of El Fasher town, North Darfur State are facing a major water shortage.
The IDPs are suffering from a severe scarcity of water supplies, especially after the area received not less than 5,000 displaced people who fled Tawila Locality and other neighborhoods in El Fasher.
Sheikh Haidar Musa, who spoke to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday, said the crisis is compounded by the battles between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces.
Musa said locals have resorted to contribute fuel to resume pumping water into the sources to alleviate the suffering.
Engineer Abdul Shafee Abdullah Adam, Director of the Water Sector in the state however said water supply services were affected as a result of the lack of fuel and the power outage.
However, he welcomed any popular initiative to provide water to alleviate the suffering of the citizens in El Fasher and Shagra regions in particular.
Adam appealed to El Fasher and Shagara local authorities to jointly find a solution to the water shortage in the greater El Fasher countryside locality.
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