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Isam Al Mulla, Acting Director of Water Department at SEWA said, since yesterday morning that residents of all the affected areas including Rolla, Al Mussalla, Al Butaina Rafia, Al Nabba and Maysalon, Al Ghaweer were supplied with water at their homes.
He said the water is available and being supplied to areas close to the pumping plant in Halwan, but the supply may reduce in areas including Al Qadisia, Al Butaina, Umm Khanour, Sharqan, Mirghab due to excessive consumption by residents of these areas.
Al Mulla said that Sewa is very much concerned about the water problem and understands the suffering of residents, particularly families. So Sewa is currently making great efforts to address the problem by ensuring proper water supply to all areas in the emirate.
He pointed out that SEWA has yesterday increased the number of water tankers to the affected areas to 30 instead of 25 daily to meet the water crisis. More than 100 million gallons of water is distributed daily to the affected areas. He said there was a commitment to resolve the water crisis and that the water problem in Sharjah will completely disappear by next month.
He urged consumers to approach the water section at SEWA to get water tankers for free if they continue to face the water shortage.
Nabawia Ahmed, a resident of Al Qadisia and the landlord of a building noted that earlier when she complained to SEWA about the water crisis she was forced to visit the SEWA office and wait in a long queue to lodge her complaint. But she expressed relief that finally the water crisis has been resolved and supply to her building apartment was restored yesterday.
Wilson M., a resident of Rolla area, who was earlier quoted by Khaleej Times as expressing his frustration over the water scarcity, said that he was very happy to finally see water coming through the taps in his apartment.
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