Jonglei’s Twic East appeals for funds to repair dykes
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By Philip Thon Aleu
August 24, 2011 (KAMPALA) – Twic East county in Jonglei state has
appealed for funds to rebuild damaged dykes in order to avoid a
"disastrous" loss of livestock and crops.
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A man makes dyke around a retail shop in Jalle, Bor county, 14 Aug. 2011 (ST)
Twic East Commissioner Dau Akoi Jurkuch said that the cost of
repairing the 34km of water ways is estimated to cost 802,000 South
Sudanese Pounds ($300,205).
The Lutheran World Federation Sudan Program through EU funding has
already committed SSP 200,000 (74,864 USD) to the project,
commissioner Dau said. The repair work has commenced, with all the
necessary machinery at the site, he added.
The county leader said failure to support the dyke building project
would cause “havoc”, destroying crops and livestock leading to serious
hunger and outbreaks of waterborne diseases in all districts of Twic
East, causing massive displacements of people.
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In an email to Sudan Tribune Commissioner Dau says he believes that
contributing the money in time will enable a contracted company to use
machinery to repair the levees and water ways within a week.
“In order to enable the Twic East community to complete the work, and
avoid the impending disaster, Twic East County ... is therefore
appealing to the sons and daughters of Twic East County who are in
South Sudan and the Diaspora and INGOs, UN Agencies, companies and
good friends to help in raising the balance of SSP 602,000 to enable
the completion of the work before the flood water submerges the whole
county and thereby leading to a major disaster,” the letter says.
Heavy rains submerged part of road leading to Panyagor, the
headquarters of Twic County last week cutting off food supplies to the
population there. With increasing level of the River Nile River the
low lying flood plains of central Jonglei are is expected to
experience more flooding.
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Road between Jalle (Bor county) and Maar (Twic East county) is
completely under water, 14 Aug. 2011 (ST)
The UN has warned that more people in the newly independent Republic
of South Sudan will need food assistance this year compared to
previous years due to delayed rains and local insecurity.
Jonglei state lacks roads and is in the process of resettling
returnees who have recently come back to South Sudan. The peace deal
that end of war with North Sudan in 2005 concluded with South Sudan’s
independence in July.
Despite the state’s fertile land most of the population rely on
imported food items. Of the 333,406 people the UN estimate have
returned to South Sudan since October last year 19,788 have arrived in
Jonglei state.
(ST)
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