Much of Libya has been without water for a week already. The source of this shortcoming is that an armed group in the water supply center ceases to demand the release of a man who was previously close to the ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi. This is Abdallah al-Senoussi, a former interior minister and Gaddafi’s brother-in-law.
Fearing sabotage of the infrastructure of the large artificial river (pumping of non-renewable aquatic water from the Nubian Basin, NDR), the Management Committee chose to shut off the water. Negotiations have taken place since then, but they have not succeeded. The lack of drinking water in western Libya is increasing the population’s suffering.
“A lot of suffering” For Ezzo el-Yakoubi, who lives in the Trik al Sour district of the capital Tripoli, “there is a lot of suffering. Fortunately, there is mutual help. We have neighbors who have a well. We get our supplies from them. Then you have to go up to the fifth floor.And we only have four hours of electricity a day.There is still water shortage in Tripoli due to power outages.We can not get the pumps to work to get water to the floors in the buildings.And this is just a part of the daily suffering of the Libyans. “
“Armed Ties” “Regularly,” said this Tripoli resident, “for one reason or another, an armed group is shutting off the water to put pressure on the people and the government. They are armed bands. They must be punished, but the government does not have authority over all regions and does not control the situation. So there is no security. This time they want to get Abdallah al-Senoussi out of prison. It’s political. These problems are difficult to solve, but the population must not suffer from them “.
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