The Ministry of Water and Environment of the National Salvation Government of Yemen announced that it has discovered chemical pollution caused by radioactive and heavy substances in a number of water sources in Hodeidah province.
Faraan: The Ministry of Water and Environment of the National Salvation Government of Yemen held a press conference this past Sunday afternoon about the effects of the blockade of the aggressor Saudi-Emirati coalition on the water and environment sectors in this country.
Al-Masira news channel quoted Abdul Karim Al-Safiani, the Deputy Director of Water Resources Organization of National Salvation Government, reported that this organization has discovered chemical pollution caused by radioactive and heavy substances in a number of water sources in Hodeidah province. Al-Safiani emphasized that the aggressor coalition has destroyed more than 2,995 water facilities, including dams, barriers, pumps, reservoirs, irrigation systems and networks since 2015. He also announced that more than 20 million Yemenis do not have access to drinking and sanitary water and this issue is based on the statistics of international organizations.
Abdulsalam Al-Hakimi, the Deputy Minister of Water and Environment of Yemen, also said that the damage to the water and environment sector, which is caused by the aggressor coalition and its siege, is estimated to be at least 432 billion Rials. Al-Hakimi emphasized that the irregularity in the distribution of diesel and its high price has caused the capacity of water pumping systems to decrease. In the end, he said that during the ceasefire period, Yemen has tried to import spare parts to expand the water and sewage network; an action that has caused several wells and treatment plants to be restarted.
The United Nations announced in the past month that about half of the people of Yemen are deprived of clean drinking water and health services due to the war against this country. The United Nations International Organization for Migration announced that Yemen is suffering from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, where nearly fifteen and a half million people lack safe drinking water and sanitation. The organization said it provided water and sanitation services to more than two million people in Yemen last year.
The invasion of Yemen by the Saudi-American coalition, which has been ongoing since 2015, has created the worst humanitarian crisis in this country to an extent that 80% of the people of this country need humanitarian aid to survive. The lack of fuel in Yemen due to the repeated seizure of Yemeni ships carrying oil products has also caused the failure of many vital facilities and power plants in this country.
