South Kordofan State’s Council of Ministers has tasked the government Water and Sanitation Department to assess the water situation in Reif Asharqi Locality.
According to a humanitarian bulletin published by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum, findings of the assessment identified 168 hand pumps in the locality, of which only 48 are functioning properly.
There are 56 hand pumps that are broken, while a further 28 hand pumps are damaged.
OCHA says the water situation in the locality is a “major gap” for displaced people who might be interested in returning to the area.
Aid organisations in the state “will review the findings and incorporate them into their work plans for 2016,” reads the OCHA situation report.