Taiz: Biyo la cabbo oo sii yaraanaya iyadoo Houthi ay go'doomin ku hayaan magaalada
Hay'adaha gargaarka ayaa sheegaya in baahida dadka ka badan hal milyan ee Taiz ay hadda si dhib leh loo daboolayo
Biyo la cabbo ayaa muddo ka badan toban sano ku yaraa magaalada Taiz ee Yemen, laakiin dhibaatadu waxay gaartay heer qalalaase toddobaadyadii ugu dambeeyay iyadoo Houthi ay go'doomin ku hayaan magaalada saddexaad ee ugu weyn Yemen, sida ay sheegeen hay'adaha gargaarka.
Qoysas biyo ku qiyaasaya maalmo
Hadil al-Shahid iyo labadeeda carruur ee yaryar waxay horay u isticmaali jireen qiyaastii 10 litir oo biyo dhalo ku jira maalintii cabbitaan iyo karinta; hadda isla qaddarkaas waxay ku qiyaasayaan qiyaastii afar maalmood. Al-Shahid waxay sheegtay in ay joojiyeen cabbitaanka qaxwada iyo shaaha oo ay maalin kasta cabbi jireen. Qoysaskeeda oo kale waxay biyo dhalo ku jira u bixinayaan ilaa 75% in ka badan toddobaadyo ka hor, qaarna waxay bilaabeen in ay biyo ku iibsadaan deyn.
Ceelasha oo la xannibay iyo gaadiidka biyaha
Markii Houthi ay qabsadeen dhul iyo waddooyin badan oo Taiz ku xeeran, dadka deegaanka waxay lumayeen marin u socodka ceelasha u dhow, waxaana yaraaday biyaha dibadda laga soo qaado. Darawallada biyaha Taiz soo gaarsiiyay ayaa qaarkood saddex jibbaar u kordhiyay qiimaha safarka khatarta ah. Tan iyo bishii Agoosto, gobolka Taiz waxa uu qaatay qiyaastii kala badh dadka ka barakacay qaybaha kale ee Yemen, oo lagu qiyaasay 124,000 qof, sida ay sheegeen khabiirada socdaalka ee Qaramada Midoobay.
Shidaal yaraan iyo khatarta cudurrada
Jens Laerke, afhayeen u hadlay qayb ka mid ah Qaramada Midoobay oo xoogga saarta gargaarka degdegga ah, ayaa sheegay in yaraanta shidaalku ay waddooyin isku xidhan leedahay. Qiimaha gaasta karinta ayaa in ka badan afar jibbaar u kordhay, sida uu sheegay Hani Bafaqih oo khabiir ku ah biyaha iyo nadaafadda ee hay'adda CARE ee Yemen. Daqiiqda iyo bariiska ayaa qiyaastii 50% ka qaalisan sidii ay ahaayeen xagaagii, sida ay sheegeen hay'adaha gargaarka.
Humanitarian groups say more than 1 million residents are barely getting by as wells, fuel and delivery trucks are cut off.
Drinking water has been scarce in Taiz for more than a decade, but humanitarian groups say the problem has reached crisis levels in recent weeks as Iran-backed Houthi rebels besiege Yemen's third-largest city in their escalating conflict with government forces.
Families ration every drop as prices climb
Before the siege, Hadil al-Shahid and her two young children used about 10 liters (about 2.6 gallons) of bottled water a day for drinking and cooking; now they make the same amount last about four days. "We stopped drinking coffee and tea, which we used to drink daily," she said. Families like hers are paying as much as 75% more for bottled water than a few weeks ago, and some have begun buying water on credit.
Wells cut off and truckers charging more
As Houthi forces took control of more land and roads around Taiz, residents' access to nearby wells was cut off and deliveries of water from outside the city declined. Truckers who have managed to ferry water in have in some cases tripled their rates for the perilous journey. Amnesty International has called on the Houthis to immediately open roads into the city, saying Taiz is being pushed to "the brink of a severe humanitarian disaster."
Displacement and fuel shortages deepen health risks
Since August, Taiz province has taken in roughly half of those displaced elsewhere in Yemen by the fighting, an estimated 124,000 people, according to United Nations migration experts. Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for a UN emergency aid division, said: "The shortages feed into each other. Without fuel, water pumps, hospital generators and solid-waste collection stop. With less clean water and waste piling up, the risk of disease, including cholera, rises."
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