日内瓦/也门塔伊兹 10月21日电 - 援助组织和联合国机构表示，也门第三大城市塔伊兹及周边地区的家庭已开始定量用水，因重燃战火切断了燃料供应，并阻断了为300万人服务的供水系统。与此同时，主要道路旁堆积如山的垃圾引发了疾病爆发的担忧。
GENEVA/TAIZ, Yemen Oct 21 - Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to water systems serving 3 million people, aid groups and UN agencies said. Meanwhile, mounting piles of rubbish along major roads are raising fears of disease outbreaks in the city, Yemen's third-largest.
自9月以来，沙特支持的政府与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装之间的战斗切断了关键补给路线，包括塔伊兹-亚丁走廊，加剧了塔伊兹市及周边地区的水、粮、油短缺。
Fighting between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-allied Houthi group since September has cut key supply routes, including the Taiz-Aden corridor, worsening shortages of water, food and fuel in and around the city.
燃料短缺妨碍了水泵和医院的运转，垃圾收集中断导致垃圾堆积在该市道路上。该市是反胡塞武装的据点，目前正遭到该武装运动的围困。
The lack of fuel is hampering the operation of water pumps and hospitals, while disruption to waste collection has left rubbish piled along roads of the city, a stronghold of anti-Houthi forces which is now under siege by the armed movement.
援助组织称，塔伊兹省收容了最新一轮冲突升级导致的25万流离失所者中的近一半。
The Taiz governorate hosts nearly half of the 250,000 people displaced by the latest escalation, aid groups said.
“城里的垃圾状况非常悲惨，堆积得很可怕，前所未有，”塔伊兹居民阿卜杜勒巴里·卡迪告诉路透社。
"The state of the rubbish in the city is very wretched, and the build-up is terrible, like nothing before,” Taiz resident Abdelbari al-Qadi told Reuters.
环卫工人阿里·艾哈迈德表示，当局因冲突无法前往主要垃圾倾倒场，被迫在街道上焚烧垃圾。
Sanitation worker Ali Ahmed said authorities could no longer go to the main dumping site because of clashes, and they were forced to burn it in the streets.
联合国儿童基金会驻也门代表阿基尔·艾耶尔表示：“家庭正在定量分饮用水，因为柴油短缺导致抽水站和卫生系统瘫痪。”
'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION' FOR CHILDREN, SAYS RELIEF OFFICIAL Families are rationing drinking water as diesel shortages hobble pumping stations and sanitation systems, said Akhil Iyer, UNICEF's representative in Yemen.
“我很难取到水。我们从早上排队等到轮到我们，”阿拉·哈利勒在塔伊兹告诉路透社，当时人们正排队装满水桶，该市大多数居民依赖车运水。
"I get the water with difficulty. We wait in queues from the morning until our turn comes,” Alaa Khalil told Reuters while people queued to fill jerry cans in Taiz, where most residents depend on trucked water.
塔伊兹省地方水务和环卫局局长瓦西克·阿格巴里表示，通往主要车运水水源地——扎哈布含水层的通道受到限制，加上燃料中断影响了水泵运转，造成了严重的水危机。据救助儿童会称，塔伊兹的产水量下降了约50%。
Access to the Al-Dhubab aquifer, a major source of trucked water for Taiz, has been restricted, while fuel disruptions have affected pumps, creating a severe water crisis, said Wathiq Aghbari, director general of the Local Water and Sanitation Authority in the governorate. Water production in Taiz has fallen by about 50%, according to Save the Children.
救助儿童会也门国家主任里沙娜·哈尼法表示：“我们发现儿童处于极度危险的境地，他们的基本需求无法得到满足。他们无法获得充足的食物、水和医疗服务。”
“We find children in an extremely dangerous situation where they are not able to have their basic needs satisfied. They are not able to access sufficient food and water and healthcare,” said Rishana Haniffa, Save the Children's country director for Yemen.
援助机构正在探索其他水源，包括城市以西的一个浅层含水层。联合国儿童基金会称，一辆水车的费用已从最新升级前的约23000也门里亚尔（14.80美元）飙升至约70000里亚尔（45美元），翻了两倍。
Aid groups are exploring other sources, including a shallow aquifer west of the city. The cost of a water truck has tripled from about 23,000 Yemeni rials ($14.80) before the latest escalation to about 70,000 rials ($45), according to UNICEF.
国际关怀组织表示，随着物价上涨，现金援助能购买的食物和水越来越少。
CARE International says cash assistance is buying less food and water as prices rise.
国际关怀组织也门国家主任伊曼·阿卜杜拉希说：“我们感觉局势真的正在失控，除非我们能谈判获取准入，让运水车进入城市。”垃圾堆积“将引发疾病”，卫生官员称塔伊兹省卫生办公室主任阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·萨布里表示：“垃圾的堆积非常有害，将引发疾病，无论是呼吸道疾病还是其他疾病。”他补充说，登革热和霍乱病例正在蔓延。
“We feel the situation is really getting out of hand unless we able to negotiate access to have water tankers come in to the city,” said Iman Abdullahi, CARE Yemen country director. RUBBISH BUILD-UP 'WILL CAUSE DISEASES', SAYS HEALTH OFFICIAL "The build-up of rubbish is very harmful and will cause diseases, whether respiratory or otherwise," said Abdulrahman al-Sabri, director of Taiz Governorate's Health Office, adding that dengue fever and cholera cases were spreading.
世界卫生组织称，自9月初以来，霍乱病例已从221例激增至本月的683例，增加了两倍；与此同时，医院面临药品短缺，12家医疗机构的燃料储备仅够维持约四天。
Cholera cases have tripled since early September from 221 to 683 this month, while hospitals face medicine shortages and 12 facilities have fuel supplies sufficient for only about four days, the World Health Organization said.
一名出于安全原因要求不具名的医生表示，由于城市周边的战斗，一些家庭无法到达医疗机构。
A doctor who asked not to be named for security reasons said some families could not reach healthcare facilities because of fighting around the city.
丹麦难民理事会表示，水和卫生条件恶化的影响可能蔓延至塔伊兹市以外。该组织指出，塔伊兹、拉赫季、阿比扬和亚丁各省拥挤的流离失所点资源已捉襟见肘。
The Danish Refugee Council said the impact of deteriorating water and sanitation conditions could spread beyond Taiz city. It pointed to overstretched resources in crowded displacement sites across the governorates of Taiz, Lahj, Abyan and Aden.
联合国儿童基金会表示，疾病的传播可能会加剧塔伊兹省的饥饿问题。今年迄今为止，该机构已在塔伊兹发现了5.2万名严重营养不良的儿童。由于道路被封锁，联合国儿童基金会无法向这些儿童运送专门用于治疗营养不良的食品。
The spread of disease could also worsen hunger in Taiz governorate, UNICEF said. It has identified 52,000 acutely malnourished children in Taiz so far this year. Road closures have halted UNICEF's deliveries of a therapeutic food for severely malnourished children in Taiz.