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Nearly half of children in Mosul now cut off from clean water as conflict intensifies – UNICEF

| | Dec 01, 2016, at 01:12 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): Destruction of a major water pipeline has left nearly half of the children in the Iraqi battleground city of Mosul cut off from access to clean water, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.

Nearly 300,000 children and their families lost access to one of the three major water conduits in eastern Mosul amid the military’s ongoing operations to wrest control of the city from terrorists. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) currently controls part of the city, where the broken pipeline is located, making it very hard to access and repair quickly.

“Children and their families are facing a horrific situation in Mosul. Not only are they in danger of getting killed or injured in the cross-fire, now potentially more than half a million people do not have safe water to drink,” Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Representative in Iraq said in a news release.

Currently there is not enough water supplies to meet the needs of the residents. There is only enough running water for a few more days, and if it will not be restored, civilians will be forced to use unsafe water resources. UNICEF reports that children exposed to unsafe water resources are at risk of waterborne diseases such as severe diarrhoea and the threat of malnutrition.

The agency also supports the Government of Iraq in reactivating nearby boreholes and water treatment plans to provide safe water to the affected areas in Mosul until the main water line becomes accessible for repairs.

Hawkins also urged all parties to the conflict to allow these critical deliveries and repairs, stressing that civilian infrastructure must never be attacked.

Photo: UNICEF/Anmar

Source: www.justearthnews.com

 

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