Water shortage in Sudan’s White Nile drives villagers from their homes
The population of some 20 villages in the area of Tendelti, White Nile state, have left their homes and sought refuge in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns, because of the lack of clean drinking water.
“The price for a jerry can of drinking water has risen to SDG3 ($0.50),” independent MP Ahmed Sabahelkheir reported to the National Parliament on Tuesday. “The villagers could not afford to pay it any more. The first people started to leave several months ago.”
“Diseases were spreading, as the water in the well and reservoirs is heavily polluted,” he said.
“The villagers of whom most are living below the poverty line anyhow, had to chose between paying for the water or the school fees, so they left, searching for a better place to live in.”
The population of some 20 villages in the area of Tendelti, White Nile state, have left their homes and sought refuge in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns, because of the lack of clean drinking water.
“The price for a jerry can of drinking water has risen to SDG3 ($0.50),” independent MP Ahmed Sabahelkheir reported to the National Parliament on Tuesday. “The villagers could not afford to pay it any more. The first people started to leave several months ago.”
“Diseases were spreading, as the water in the well and reservoirs is heavily polluted,” he said.
“The villagers of whom most are living below the poverty line anyhow, had to chose between paying for the water or the school fees, so they left, searching for a better place to live in.”
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