{"id":315688,"date":"2022-03-07T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=315688"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:37:03","slug":"water-crisis-in-the-north-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=315688","title":{"rendered":"Water crisis in the North worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RESIDENTS in the North have been without running water for two weeks severely affecting communities in and around Omuthiya and Ondangwa, as well as villages along the affected water network.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NamWater earlier implemented water rations due to technical challenges faced at the Calueque scheme but people continue suffering as they have no water supply at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Omuthiya Proper and Extension 3 are badly affected by the water crisis that equally affects Ondangwa in the Oshana Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Water crisis running Omuthiya Ondangwa villages\" class=\"wp-image-315690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-274x183.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-80x54.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-130x87.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-359x240.jpeg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-85x57.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-546x365.jpeg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-165x109.jpeg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-112x75.jpeg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-179x120.jpeg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-170x113.jpeg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-81x55.jpeg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-765x510.jpeg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Water-crisis-in-the-North-worsens.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo for illustrative purposes: UN-Water<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents said parts of Ondangwa still have no water.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ondangwa resident Andreas Tangeni said many of them have not bathed for days as they are not getting any water, not even after rationing hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another resident, Lydia Sylver, said many people fetch water from their friends who live in areas where water is available at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rationing has been extended for another two weeks. From 22:00 to 05:00 and from 11:00 to 15:00 daily taps will be dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NamWater has in the meantime placed a water tank at the Omuthiya town council to assist residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Water was also distributed to the hospital and the Ekulo Secondary School.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite residents\u2019 upset, Ondangwa Town spokesperson Petrina Shitalangaho-Mutikisha said that \u201cwater supply was interrupted but the issue has been resolved\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David \u00a0 RESIDENTS in the North have been without running water for two weeks severely affecting communities in and around Omuthiya and Ondangwa, as well as villages along the affected water network. \u00a0 NamWater earlier implemented water rations due to technical challenges faced at the Calueque scheme but people continue suffering as they have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":315689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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