More Than 1000 Households Affected By Floods In Bor Since the beginning of September over 1000 houses in Bor town have been affected by flooding following heavy rains. 18 September 2017
By Jo Ngong Akau BOR, 18 September 2017 [Gurtong]-A resident of Lekyak suburb in Bor town, Marth Aluel Akuei, said her home was swept away by the floods. She is now urging the authorities to come to her rescue and donate sheltering materials to those who have been affected. Lueth Alier, a resident of block two suburb, says going to work every morning has become difficult as he is forced to go through flooded areas to get to his work place. “Because this water has mixed up with water from the Nile so some harmful animals from the river can come out when the water flows. They are very dangerous sometimes, animals like crocodiles among others in the water.” Lueth Alier explains. Lueth is asking the government to set up a drainage system across Bor town. Another resident of Hai-panjak Suburb, 30 year old Angeer Majier, says following the floods she is now taking refuge at a neighbour’s house with her three children. “You have seen how the flood has affected us, it’s very bad. My entire house is flooded. I am struggling now to see if I could get plastic sheets so that I set up a Tukul for me and my children.” Angeer Majier said. The Deputy Mayor for Administration and Finance in Bor municipality, Machar Machol Deng said “There are number of households that are being affected by the flood right now. There are over 150 from Lekyak and Panjak. Also if you go to the side of Acheng-diir, there is over 1200 number of households. There is heavy flooding here in Bor town and the rest of the blocks which I did not mention.” Machar Machol Deng explains. Machol says their administration has tried to open up drainages but has failed to complete the work due to financial difficulty. He however said his office has requested the NGOs to intervene in helping the town residents. Posted in: Home, Humanitarian -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opoMaYSzZVtPnqsenxo6HFKU_QVDVg9U%3DEQRuFtpx6uBg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
