SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Drinking water crisis felt across Sudan

18/4/2022: Radio Dabanga - Drinking water crisis felt across Sudan

Radio Dabanga report on the drinking water crisis in Darfur, Kassala and the Red Sea states.

In Kassala, the price of water barrels range between 1,000-1,500 SDG. The crisis is attributed to the government neglecting to remove sand and silt, which hinders groundwater recharge, or listen to repeated citizen demands to link water supply to nearby dams amid warnings that the large consumption of groundwater as drinking water will affect the horticultural sector.

In the Red Sea State, the prices of jerrycans of water range from 500-1,000 SDG. Mayor Mohamed Abdelkader attributed the crisis to the spread of water basins around neighbourhoods that impede water access to neighbourhoods. He accused local officials of mismanagement, citing “illegal approvals of the main water line”, and called for the prevention of basins, adding that proposed solutions to provide a desalination plant at sea will not succeed in the presence of the current administration.