Repeated protests against water cuts in Sudan’s capital
The residents of El Shajara district in southern Khartoum have been suffering from water cuts for the last three months. On Monday, they demonstrated again. The police dispersed the protesters with tear gas. The outraged citizens burned tires, and blocked the road connecting the centre of Khartoum with the large El Kalakla district in the southern part of the Sudanese capital. “The people living in El Shajara complain about continuous water supply cuts over three months,” a resident of the plagued district told Radio Dabanga. “The price of a barrel of water now amounts to SDG40 ($7), due to the shortage of water in the neighbouring districts.” The resident warned that the situation might escalate if the authorities do not intervene and “radically resolve the crisis. This is the third time we take to the streets to protest against the lack of water supply.” File photo Related:Sudan’s capital ‘living between two Niles, and still thirsty’: residents (12 May 2014) Protests, Ba’ath Party members arrested, police reinforced in Sudan’s capital (6 May 2014)
The residents of El Shajara district in southern Khartoum have been suffering from water cuts for the last three months. On Monday, they demonstrated again. The police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.
The outraged citizens burned tires, and blocked the road connecting the centre of Khartoum with the large El Kalakla district in the southern part of the Sudanese capital.
“The people living in El Shajara complain about continuous water supply cuts over three months,” a resident of the plagued district told Radio Dabanga.
“The price of a barrel of water now amounts to SDG40 ($7), due to the shortage of water in the neighbouring districts.”
The resident warned that the situation might escalate if the authorities do not intervene and “radically resolve the crisis. This is the third time we take to the streets to protest against the lack of water supply.”
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Sudan’s capital ‘living between two Niles, and still thirsty’: residents (12 May 2014)
Protests, Ba’ath Party members arrested, police reinforced in Sudan’s capital (6 May 2014)
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