Turkey to start distributing potable water to Somalis from well
The ministry said DSI teams would start distributing potable water to the tent-site as of Saturday.
Turkish State Water Works (DSI) will start distributing potable water to Somali people from well opened in the country.
Turkey’s Forestry & Water Works Ministry said on Saturday that DSI team had drilled a water well near a tent-site in Somalia, and found water in 90 meters dept.
“10 liters of potable water has been provided from the well per second,” the ministry said.
The ministry said DSI teams would start distributing potable water to the tent-site as of Saturday.
Potable water for 17,000 people can be provided from the well a day.
Thus, there will no more be any need for water tanks in the tent-site.
DSI will launch efforts to drill another water well near an area where Turkey will build its embassy.
Somalia is facing with one of the worst droughts in the past 60 years.
The epicenter of the drought lies on the three-way border shared by Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, a nomadic region where families heavily depend on the health of their livestock. Uganda and Djibouti have also been hit by the disaster.
Tens of thousands of people have so far been displaced due to the humanitarian situation in the region.
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