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And while smoke chokes the west - the north is being plagued by a drought.
Villages from Belize Rural North to Orange Walk North have wells that are drying up and water systems that are as dry as chalk. They depend on water brought in by tankers from neighboring villages and the Ministry of Local government.
The Minister said today that there is a drought:
Jules Vasquez:
"Is there a drought in the North, sir? I believe there is a drought everywhere. It's been extremely dry. And the truth of the matter is that, you know, as a country, as Belizeans, we have to be more conscious of how we use water, how we conserve water. The truth of the matter is that the effects of climate change are upon us."
Oscar Requena, Minister of Local Government, Rural Ttransformation
"We are seeing that more and more the wells are drying up. And we certainly have to be more strategic in terms of how we preserve, conserve water. As a country, we are responding to communities, you know, across this country. From Toledo to the north to the west. We have been going in. We have been airlifting wells where we need to do that, flushing them out."
"Where wells are running low. Sometimes we have to go in and we have to, you know, extend the pipe deeper into the well, you know, where there is no water. We have actually taken in water via the water bowser that we have. We are across this country serving our people."
