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La Croix: Southern Iraq faces an unprecedented health and economic crisis
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newspaper "La Croix" French published a report has highlighted the health and economic crisis plaguing southern Iraq , the
paper said in its report that in the province of Basra, can destroy the running water, saline and polluted, thousands of hectares of agricultural land in the long term
and in the months In the past four years, residents of Iraq's second largest city have demonstrated against the lack of public services and Baghdad's control over their water and oil resources.
"Drink the water, they will kill you," Abbas Abdul-Saleh was quoted as saying in a trembling voice as he looked at his salt-drenched field. In the past, these areas were green. I have grown vegetables, fodder for animals, dates and apples "
Thanks to its four hectares of land and a flock of 30 sheep and a few cows, the farmer was able to earn 25 million dinars a year (an estimated 20,000 euros)
. "But I lost everything this year. No crops were grown. I have three children to feed them, so in order to survive, I live on selling my flock. " In the face of the shortage of fresh water, these farms had to fill their basins with water bottles.
"At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Shatt al-Arab River, which irrigates agricultural land in the Basra region, records salinity rates up to 20 times higher than the average, which is a record in itself," the paper noted.
Within 50 years, the flow of watercourses that make up the river has declined by 40 percent, according to a study by Basra University.
This dramatic decline has led to a rise in saltwater in the Arabian Gulf along the riverbed. This phenomenon is an environmental disaster, resulting from an increase in population and water consumption.
This phenomenon is compounded by the decrease in supplies, due to the 56 Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish dams.
In this context, agricultural engineer at the Directorate of Agriculture in Basra, Ali Salem, questions the management of water resources by successive leaders.
"Before Basra, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers cross eight provinces, taking advantage of this water without thinking about us."
In order to solve this problem, the Baghdad government must organize equitable water sharing and distribution of quotas by region. "
Arid summer seasons , Which deepened the desperation of farmers in southern Iraq, the seriousness of these endemic factors.
Since the beginning of the year, 4,000 of them have left their lands. The agricultural and health crisis has become the main incentive for the anti-government opposition.
On the streets of Basra, the second largest city in Iraq, thousands of demonstrators demonstrated for four months, despite the repression that left 23 dead and 100 injured.
The newspaper said that from the chaos of Basra, the first public movement appeared publicly hostile to the Shiite political elite that claims to represent these citizens, consisting of a generation of activists, mostly veterans of the fight against a militant organization.
They found themselves today without work or future. And one of the organizers of the movement, Samir Ghalim al-Maliki, angrily that "they take our water and our oil, and we must remain silent? Corrupt Islamic parties do not care about people like us. "
The activist, who holds the regional flag on his shoulders, dreams of an autonomous region that manages its own water resources and oil profits.
Although half of the revenues of the Iraqi state come directly from oil wells in Basra, the residents are deprived of many facilities.
It remains one of the poorest areas of the country, with an estimated double the poverty rate of the rest of Iraq.
"For years, we have asked the government to hold a referendum, which is a constitutional right.
In the past, they would answer us that the state does not have the money, because of the war against an oppressive organization, but the war is over now! "
It should be noted that the United Nations issued a study last summer concluded that if the many climate risks in Iraq are not resisted, the state organization is about to recover the land from which it was expelled.
The series of wars caused losses of about 532 million euros of hydraulic infrastructure. The United Nations fears water shortages could displace 7 million Iraqis living on the banks of rivers and may increase tensions among rural communities.
In conclusion, the newspaper pointed out that after the oil sector, the agricultural sector provides the largest number of jobs, but the unemployment rate of about 70 percent and the budget is very low.
[size=36]La Croix: Southern Iraq faces an unprecedented health and economic crisis[/size]
BAGHDAD balances News
newspaper "La Croix" French published a report has highlighted the health and economic crisis plaguing southern Iraq , the
paper said in its report that in the province of Basra, can destroy the running water, saline and polluted, thousands of hectares of agricultural land in the long term
and in the months In the past four years, residents of Iraq's second largest city have demonstrated against the lack of public services and Baghdad's control over their water and oil resources.
"Drink the water, they will kill you," Abbas Abdul-Saleh was quoted as saying in a trembling voice as he looked at his salt-drenched field. In the past, these areas were green. I have grown vegetables, fodder for animals, dates and apples "
Thanks to its four hectares of land and a flock of 30 sheep and a few cows, the farmer was able to earn 25 million dinars a year (an estimated 20,000 euros)
. "But I lost everything this year. No crops were grown. I have three children to feed them, so in order to survive, I live on selling my flock. " In the face of the shortage of fresh water, these farms had to fill their basins with water bottles.
"At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Shatt al-Arab River, which irrigates agricultural land in the Basra region, records salinity rates up to 20 times higher than the average, which is a record in itself," the paper noted.
Within 50 years, the flow of watercourses that make up the river has declined by 40 percent, according to a study by Basra University.
This dramatic decline has led to a rise in saltwater in the Arabian Gulf along the riverbed. This phenomenon is an environmental disaster, resulting from an increase in population and water consumption.
This phenomenon is compounded by the decrease in supplies, due to the 56 Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish dams.
In this context, agricultural engineer at the Directorate of Agriculture in Basra, Ali Salem, questions the management of water resources by successive leaders.
"Before Basra, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers cross eight provinces, taking advantage of this water without thinking about us."
In order to solve this problem, the Baghdad government must organize equitable water sharing and distribution of quotas by region. "
Arid summer seasons , Which deepened the desperation of farmers in southern Iraq, the seriousness of these endemic factors.
Since the beginning of the year, 4,000 of them have left their lands. The agricultural and health crisis has become the main incentive for the anti-government opposition.
On the streets of Basra, the second largest city in Iraq, thousands of demonstrators demonstrated for four months, despite the repression that left 23 dead and 100 injured.
The newspaper said that from the chaos of Basra, the first public movement appeared publicly hostile to the Shiite political elite that claims to represent these citizens, consisting of a generation of activists, mostly veterans of the fight against a militant organization.
They found themselves today without work or future. And one of the organizers of the movement, Samir Ghalim al-Maliki, angrily that "they take our water and our oil, and we must remain silent? Corrupt Islamic parties do not care about people like us. "
The activist, who holds the regional flag on his shoulders, dreams of an autonomous region that manages its own water resources and oil profits.
Although half of the revenues of the Iraqi state come directly from oil wells in Basra, the residents are deprived of many facilities.
It remains one of the poorest areas of the country, with an estimated double the poverty rate of the rest of Iraq.
"For years, we have asked the government to hold a referendum, which is a constitutional right.
In the past, they would answer us that the state does not have the money, because of the war against an oppressive organization, but the war is over now! "
It should be noted that the United Nations issued a study last summer concluded that if the many climate risks in Iraq are not resisted, the state organization is about to recover the land from which it was expelled.
The series of wars caused losses of about 532 million euros of hydraulic infrastructure. The United Nations fears water shortages could displace 7 million Iraqis living on the banks of rivers and may increase tensions among rural communities.
In conclusion, the newspaper pointed out that after the oil sector, the agricultural sector provides the largest number of jobs, but the unemployment rate of about 70 percent and the budget is very low.
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