File photo.
The water shortage in Port Sudan is prompting many people to migrate
to other cities in Sudan. This is overstretching the bus system, that
has seen ticket prices soar from SDG80 ($18) to SDG150 ($35) on the
black market, while a tin of water has risen from SDG4 ($0.90) to SDG5
($1.14).
And activist from Port Sudan told Radio Dabanga that with the ongoing
water shortage has caused overcrowding and panic at the bus station.
"As there are no clear solutions in sight, most of the population
want to desert the city, so the price of a ticket from Port Sudan to
Khartoum and other cities has risen to SDG150 ($35)," he said. "Neither
the central government nor the state authorities are serious about
finding solutions to the water crisis. When the First Vice President
committed visited the city, he promised to provide funds as well as ten
large tankers to relieve the crisis, but a month has passed without
result, and peoples' suffering continues to grow," the activist
lamented.
From June 28, 2013.
AllAfrica . Additional info in this article about the malnutrition of children. (see below.)
The Medical Director of the Children's Hospital in Port Sudan, Dr
Zafaran Al Zaki, has confirmed that there has been an outbreak of acute
malnutrition among children in eastern Sudan.
In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Dr Al Zaki said that it is
occurring in various segments of society, and affects about 30 per cent
of children. She says that this figure can be expected to rise during
the period from October to March, attributing it to "economic factors
and the acute poverty among people of eastern Sudan".
