Residents of Otjitho Village in the Ruacana Constituency are facing a severe water shortage after their underground water supply dried up.
The situation has forced some residents to spend nights at the water point to get water when it becomes available.
Members of Parliament (MPs) in the National Council have bemoaned the severe water shortages in the northern regions, arguing that such supply crises should no longer exist after 35 years of independence.
Omuthiya Councillor Erastus Nekomba has commended the residents in the Oshikoto Region for successfully digging out a community well.
The efforts follow a period of three weeks without access to clean tap water.
Protesters from communal areas and resettlement farms in the ||Kharas Region handed a petition to Governor Dawid Gertze on Wednesday in Keetmanshoop, calling for urgent action to address ongoing water challenges affecting their communities and settlements.
Residents of Otapatapa Village in the Otamanzi Constituency of the Omusati Region are pleading for urgent government intervention after a prolonged drought left the community without water for both people and livestock.
For the past years, access to potable water has been a challenge for the Withuis community, who have relied on a water canal supplying water to the green scheme farmers.
The government's efforts to address the water crisis in the eastern parts of the Ohangwena Region are progressing well, as plans to improve water quality in the area gain momentum.
Residents of Gauteng, a settlement in Tsumkwe, say they are forced to beg for water from neighbours as those who have connected water pipes to the communal taps allegedly refuse to share the facilities that would grant them access to water.
Water shortages in the Omundaungilo Consitituency is said to have affected schools, clinics and other government institutions.
This came to light during a visit by the Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa to the consitiuency as part of her familiarization tour
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has devised an emergency plan in response to the water crisis in the Otjozondjupa Region.
