Taiz: The Popular Oversight Committee reviews its efforts and affirms its continued work

Taiz – Special

The Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee of the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance held a press conference today, Monday, in Taiz. The conference explained their activities and efforts to monitor several key issues and services, emphasizing that these steps are part of the Supreme Council's commitment to its national responsibility toward citizens and its efforts to confront the accumulated crises resulting from the Houthi blockade, administrative corruption, and existing dysfunctions within official institutions.

The conference explained that the Services Department focused its work on several priority issues, foremost among them the water and education sectors, along with the issue of prices and the rising cost of living. It confirmed that it is conducting a comprehensive study of educational challenges, most notably the disruption of the educational process due to strikes, delayed salary disbursements, and the severe shortage of teaching staff, which has led to poor student achievement. The department also emphasized the importance of controlling the prices of basic commodities and transportation costs, and monitoring markets and currency speculation.

 Regarding the water crisis, the Services Department revealed that it held meetings with specialists, officials, and citizens to determine the roots of the problem. It noted that the most prominent causes are the Houthi blockade, which prevented water from being pumped from four main basins that once covered more than 65% of the city's needs. The Department also cited corruption and mismanagement by the Water Corporation, the lack of maintenance of networks, uncontrolled urban and agricultural expansion, and climate change.

The Department proposed a number of solutions, most notably: repairing existing networks and extending new ones; completing the liberation process to resume pumping from water sources east and north of Taiz; providing government funding for a desalination project from the Mocha coast as a strategic solution; drilling new wells based on scientific studies; increasing the quota of water for poor families; and raising citizen awareness about rationalizing consumption and encouraging rainwater harvesting.

The press conference statement explained that the Popular Oversight Committee has conducted field visits to numerous executive offices since its establishment, including the Water Corporation, the Water Resources Office, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Central Bank, and the Education Office.  The committee confirmed that it had discussed with these entities ways to address the water crisis, stabilize exchange rates, and ensure the smooth running of the new school year. It also monitored the status of endowments, agriculture, and other services.

The committee emphasized that it would not tolerate any corruption or negligence and that it would take legal action against entities that fail to perform their duties. It warned that the water crisis could become a resemblance to the electricity crisis and called on citizens to continue public pressure and support the efforts of the Popular Oversight Committee to ensure radical and sustainable solutions. The Services Administration and the Popular Oversight Committee also welcomed the recent government steps that have contributed to a relative improvement in the currency exchange rate, expressing hope that this will directly impact the prices of goods and services, thus alleviating citizens' suffering. It affirmed its continued monitoring of service issues until real and sustainable solutions are reached.

 At the conclusion of the conference, journalists and correspondents posed questions about the upcoming measures of the Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee. The heads of the Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee responded, affirming that the Council will continue to follow up on all service issues, and that the Popular Oversight Committee will continue its field and oversight work until services are improved and deficiencies are rectified. Legal action will be taken against any negligent party to ensure that essential services are delivered to citizens in an effective and sustainable manner.

Taiz – Special

The Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee of the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance held a press conference today, Monday, in Taiz. The conference explained their activities and efforts to monitor several key issues and services, emphasizing that these steps are part of the Supreme Council's commitment to its national responsibility toward citizens and its efforts to confront the accumulated crises resulting from the Houthi blockade, administrative corruption, and existing dysfunctions within official institutions.

The conference explained that the Services Department focused its work on several priority issues, foremost among them the water and education sectors, along with the issue of prices and the rising cost of living. It confirmed that it is conducting a comprehensive study of educational challenges, most notably the disruption of the educational process due to strikes, delayed salary disbursements, and the severe shortage of teaching staff, which has led to poor student achievement. The department also emphasized the importance of controlling the prices of basic commodities and transportation costs, and monitoring markets and currency speculation.

 Regarding the water crisis, the Services Department revealed that it held meetings with specialists, officials, and citizens to determine the roots of the problem. It noted that the most prominent causes are the Houthi blockade, which prevented water from being pumped from four main basins that once covered more than 65% of the city's needs. The Department also cited corruption and mismanagement by the Water Corporation, the lack of maintenance of networks, uncontrolled urban and agricultural expansion, and climate change.

The Department proposed a number of solutions, most notably: repairing existing networks and extending new ones; completing the liberation process to resume pumping from water sources east and north of Taiz; providing government funding for a desalination project from the Mocha coast as a strategic solution; drilling new wells based on scientific studies; increasing the quota of water for poor families; and raising citizen awareness about rationalizing consumption and encouraging rainwater harvesting.

The press conference statement explained that the Popular Oversight Committee has conducted field visits to numerous executive offices since its establishment, including the Water Corporation, the Water Resources Office, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Central Bank, and the Education Office.  The committee confirmed that it had discussed with these entities ways to address the water crisis, stabilize exchange rates, and ensure the smooth running of the new school year. It also monitored the status of endowments, agriculture, and other services.

The committee emphasized that it would not tolerate any corruption or negligence and that it would take legal action against entities that fail to perform their duties. It warned that the water crisis could become a resemblance to the electricity crisis and called on citizens to continue public pressure and support the efforts of the Popular Oversight Committee to ensure radical and sustainable solutions. The Services Administration and the Popular Oversight Committee also welcomed the recent government steps that have contributed to a relative improvement in the currency exchange rate, expressing hope that this will directly impact the prices of goods and services, thus alleviating citizens' suffering. It affirmed its continued monitoring of service issues until real and sustainable solutions are reached.

 At the conclusion of the conference, journalists and correspondents posed questions about the upcoming measures of the Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee. The heads of the Services Department and the Popular Oversight Committee responded, affirming that the Council will continue to follow up on all service issues, and that the Popular Oversight Committee will continue its field and oversight work until services are improved and deficiencies are rectified. Legal action will be taken against any negligent party to ensure that essential services are delivered to citizens in an effective and sustainable manner.