Ali Amouri in a conversation with an Iranian pro media in Ahwaz, referring to the drought and a severe shortage of water in the Ghizaniyah section, said: \u201c40 villages in Ghizaniyah are facing serious lack of water in supplying drinking water and water reservoirs are empty.
\nHe pointed out that water shortage is a very serious concern and the mobile water tankers\u2019 drivers had not been paid for two weeks.
\nThe head of council in Ghizaniyah section said that since the beginning of the year there has not been much rain. he said: \u201cWe had a small rainfall and that weather condition did not help the farmers to grow their farms. The farms aren\u2019t eligible for insurance as the farms weren\u2019t in a good condition. Agricultural experts also said that the seed was damaged and could not go green.
\n\u201cWe hope that by the end of the year to have more rain as our livestock is dying,\u201d he also added that most Gizzaniyah farmers are selling their livestock due to lack of water.
\nAmouri added that the problem of drinking water, the destruction of agricultural lands and the loss of livestock caused an increase in migration from the area.
\nHe said: The Gopal Seasonal River, flowing to three hills, Ghazaniyeh, Sharifiyeh and Mansouriyah, has been dying due to oil production, causing the three River to become desert.
\nThe head of council in Ghizaniyah section said that we tried to open the upstream dam, but we were told that there is also little water in the dam, and some of it will be released in the event of rain.<\/p>\n
Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights
\nWritten by Ali Bouazar
\nDate: 21\/01\/2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ali Amouri in a conversation with an Iranian pro media in Ahwaz, referring to the drought and a severe shortage of water in the Ghizaniyah section, said: \u201c40 villages in Ghizaniyah are facing serious lack of water in supplying drinking water and water reservoirs are empty. He pointed out that water shortage is a very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-reports"],"yoast_head":"\n