{"id":60996,"date":"2021-06-16T20:30:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=60996"},"modified":"2021-06-16T20:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:30:32","slug":"water-shortage-drives-idps-in-syrias-hasakah-to-dig-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/60996\/","title":{"rendered":"Water shortage drives IDPs in Syria’s Hasakah to dig well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>On Wednesday, an administrator of a camp of Sere Kaniye IDPs in Hasakah, northeastern Syria, said they have finished digging an experimental well in the camp amid the shortage and contamination of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have been digging the well for 5 days,” Yusef Dawe, co-chair of the Management of Sere Kaniye Camp in al-Tala’i area in the eastern entrance of the city of Hasakah, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The well became ready yesterday night. We will analyze the water to find if it can be used for drinking or other usages,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sere Kaniye Camp is a haven for hundreds of IDP families of the region which was controlled by Turkey and its pro armed factions late in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If the water is fresh and abundant, then we can communicate with the organizations to support the camp by digging four or five wells in the camp,” he referred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that the project is adopted by NRC, which is a Norwegian Organization helping refugees, and a person donated an amount of money for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sere Kaniye Camp is home to 2,165 families. It includes more than 11,300 people most of them are women, children and the elderly, according to the Camp Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camp is the second after Washokani Camp, which was built near Twayna town, west of Hasakah late in November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortage and contamination of water are the main problems that the IDPs of the camp are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulhalim Muhammad, a Sere Kaniye IDP, said they are suffering from the problem of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They fill half of our tanks with water in the morning, and we run out of water in the evening,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The water is brought to the camp by tanks as there is no water network in the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are many cases of diarrhea in the camp as the water is contaminated and has a high percentage of chlorine,” Muhammad added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawe said that the water of the tanks is also withdrawn from wells, and has “sediments in it, and has not undergone a filtration or sterilization process.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He demanded the IDPs clean their tanks frequently because the main problem is the deposition of dirt at the bottom of the tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Dilbreen Moosa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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