News - Yemen: Citizens in Aden expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the stifling water crisis that afflicts many residential neighborhoods in the city.

Citizens confirmed that drinking water has been cut off from their homes for months, amid a significant increase in the prices of mobile water tanks, the value of which exceeds the citizens' purchasing power.

They pointed out that the water crisis burdened them, especially in light of the cut off of salaries, high prices, lack of fuel and other suffocating crises.

The water crisis is added to the rest of the other crises experienced by the Saudi-Emirati controlled areas, whose citizens lack the most basic necessities of life such as water, electricity, health, education and other economic, living and service areas.

On Wednesday, hundreds of angry protesters blocked the road linking Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra governorates, in eastern Yemen.
 
According to YPA, well-informed local sources reported that angry demonstrators blocked the Eastern Reid Road linking Hadramawt and the city of Ghaydah, the capital of Mahra, due to the deterioration of basic services, including electricity, during the fifth day of protests taking place in Mukalla, the oil capital of Hadhramaut.
 
The sources said that angry protesters set fire to damaged tires and placed stones in the middle of the road and prevented trucks from crossing the road.
 
Last Saturday, angry protesters stormed the building of Mukalla Radio, after targeting it with grenades and burning its main gate, as well as a number of government institutions in the city of Mukalla.
 
Hadhramaut governorate is witnessing a significant deterioration in basic services, including electricity and water, which has doubled the suffering of citizens during the holy month of Ramadan due to the lack of fuel for power stations for the largest oil governorate in Yemen.

On Tuesday, Hadhramout Electricity announced its regret over the frequent power outages, due to the complete failure of the system during the holy month of Ramadan.
 
It indicated that it needs 604 thousand liters of fuel per day, while the available quantity does not exceed three thousand liters, which is not enough to run electricity generators for 24 hours.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and its other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015. The seven years and half of war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure. Yemeni people are facing malnutrition, hunger, and famine, which have increased risks of disease and starvation.

Occupied southern governorates are witnessing a tragic situation, high crime levels, currency deterioration, and rising prices. They have witnessed protests and sit-ins during the last period, due to the worsening humanitarian and economic conditions.

The Yemeni riyal exchange rates continued to deteriorate significantly against foreign currencies in the occupied governorates. The deterioration of the local currency comes as a result of the pro-Saudi government printing one trillion and 800 billion riyals of illegal currency without a cash cover last year, in addition to its acquisition of all fuel revenues in the southern governorates, and their transfer to a special account with the National Bank in Riyadh.