Al-Thawry [Archives:2006/916/Press Review]

26 Jan. 2006
Main headlines

– Because of its partiality to the ruling party, JMP demands re-formation of the Election Supreme Commission

– JMP declares rejection of the Supreme Commission's formation of election committees

– YSP secretary-General congratulates Chile president

– Woman sector of the YSP in Aden re-organized

Writer Mansour Al-Surouri tackles in is article the problem of waters in Yemen, saying it is one of the most irremediable ones for a long time. All what the government has done with this regard is that it had in 1998 prepared a national strategy of waters and in 2003issued a law on waters.

The water security comes in the second place after the national security and occupies the first place among all development sectors.

Ninety percent of Yemen's areas are of dry climate with increased rates of humidity. This means an increase in proportion of evaporation accompanied with big absorption of underground waters and that to an increase in the average of drop of annual subterranean waters level in our country, from one to eight meters.

According to estimates of the World Bank, there are 45 thousand artesian wells exposed to danger due to absence of modern management and because of following backward methods, especially in irrigation as well as non-existence of programs for rationing water consumption. Thus large quantity of underground waters is threatened of loss. The policy ignoring by the government of such a dangerous problem and its tragic dimensions is no longer convincing for the citizens or of avail for a ruling regime the first responsible for that and others. The ruling regime has therefore to get ready to bear its responsibility for the future because the essence for life continuation is water.
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