South Africa today declared a "national disaster" over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water.
In a notice published in the government gazette, the department of cooperative governance said it had elevated the drought to a "national disaster" after it reassessed its "magnitude and severity".
According to aby바카라 웹사이트news.com.au,바카라 웹사이트Cape Town, a favourite tourist destination is greeting its visitors with signs like 'Don't flush this toilet', 'Our taps will run dry if we don’t act now' among other warning signs.
바카라 웹사이트Thanks to poor rains over the last three years, the city is in the throes of a severe water crisis, looking at a possibility of 'Day Zero' approaching soon.바카라 웹사이트
If 'Day Zero' comes,바카라 웹사이트4 million residents of South Africa라이브 바카라 second-biggest city will face a catastrophe, says a바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트by바카라 웹사이트Bloomberg.
It바카라 웹사이트will probably arrive in May, a month or two before the onset of the winter rains.
Fearing it could be the first modern city to go water-less, Cape Town has implemented level 6 water restrictions to be followed by all.바카라 웹사이트The daily water usage limit in the City remains at 87 litres per person per day. The same restrictions apply to tourists.바카라 웹사이트
The city has banned residents from watering their gardens and washing their cars, shut most public swimming pools and cut the water pressure, the바카라 웹사이트Bloomberg바카라 웹사이트report says.바카라 웹사이트
Taps will be turned off once dam levels drop below 13.5 per cent, and residents will have to line up at 200 checkpoints across the city to collect daily water rations, said바카라 웹사이트news.com.
