Cabul, capital of Afghanistan
Cabul is drying due to a combination of different factors, including climate change, poor water resources, rapid urbanization and population increase, around 5 to 6 million people.
Obscenethe capital of Afghanistan, is in danger of becoming the first modern capital to be without water.
Mercy Corps, a humanitarian NGO, published one in April that concluded that the water crisis in Cabul has reached a break, with the aquifers running out faster than they can be replenished, as well as water accessibility issues, contamination and infrastructure.
The problem of lack of water in the capital of Afghanistan is not new and has been worsened constantly for decades.
The report stresses that the Problem was aggravated by the decline of humanitarian financing for Afghanistan since August 2021, when the Talibans returned to power with the removal of the American and allies of the country.
“With no large -scale changes in the dynamics of water management, the city faces a Unsdred humanitarian disaster in the next decadeand probably much earlier, ”Mercy Corps representatives wrote in the conclusion of the report.
The new report is based on previous works of the United Nations (UN), which concluded that Cabul’s groundwater is at risk of running out by 2030, with About half of the holes in the province of Cabul already dry.
In June, a resident of Cabul told what there is no longer good quality water available.
Mohammed Mahmouda water safety expert who did not participate in the report, told the Cabul is clearly going through a increasingly severe water crisis.
Mahmoud is the NGO executive director Climate and Water Initiative and the head of the Middle East climate and water policy at the United Nations University and Health Institute of Water, Environment and Health.
The expert described the reports of the report as “quite alarming” and said he was also concerned about the sharp drop of Cabul’s water table and the growing number of residents forced to spend a significant part of their performance on water access.
Mercy Corps has known that Cabul’s aquifer levels have dropped about 30 meters over the past decade and that some families are spending up to 30% of their water performance only.
“What is happening in Cabul reflects a broader trend we watch in all regions with worldwide water problemsespecially in the Middle East and North Africa, ”said Mahmoud.
As Live Science says, the report points out that Cabul is on the verge of becoming the first capital in the world to run out of water. However, it is not the first major city to face an existential threat related to water (and, based on current trends, will not be the last).
The magazine resembles the case of Cape Town – South Africa Legislative Capital – which, in 2018, was almost without water during a drought, which was only avoided, thanks to strict restrictions.
The situation was even worse for the Indian city of Chennai in 2019, when its four main reservoirs dried, severely limiting water supply and Diving the city in a severe crisis.
