Residents of Daman district in Kandahar province say they are facing extreme water shortages, with families struggling to secure even small amounts of drinking water each day.
Locals told Amu TV that a family of 15 receives just three to four 20-liter buckets of water in 24 hours — barely enough for drinking, cooking and washing. Many are calling for the construction of deep wells to ease the crisis.
“The shortage is so severe that we went to the district governor today to ask for help,” said Ismail, a resident of Daman. “Each house gets only three buckets of water a day, but every family has many people.”
The wells, powered by solar energy, operate only two to three hours per day, producing limited supplies. “If we had pump wells, each house could get four or five buckets,” said another resident, Asadullah. “But the solar panels don’t generate enough power, so the shortage continues.”
Some residents are forced to buy water delivered by handcarts. “People line up and I sell each bucket for 10 afghanis,” said Zmary, a tricycle owner. “Families with 15 people cannot live on just three or four buckets a day.”
Local sources said groundwater levels in Kandahar, Helmand and Uruzgan provinces have dropped to unprecedented lows. Drought in some areas has already forced families to leave their homes.
