قرى الحناكية عن مُتعهِّد المياه: «يأتي يوم ويغيب شهر»

Residents of the centers and villages located east of Al-Hanakiyah in the Medina region, which include Al-Hameej, Al-Hassu, Balghah, Hadban, Talal, and Al-Muhamah, have complained about the water contractor that the branch of water services in the province contracted to secure water for the villages. They expressed their concern over the contractor's interruption for several months, which has created a crisis and a black market for water tankers operated by foreign labor at exorbitant prices.

Abdulrahman Nasser Al-Jaafari from Hadban Center told "Okaz": The main issue residents face is the scarcity of water in light of the lack of abundant water resources in nearby locations; because the contractor assigned by the Al-Hanakiyah branch comes with only one tanker and then disappears for months, making the residents victims of the black market through foreign labor that brings water of unknown origin at high costs. Meanwhile, Mohammed Al-Mutairi called on the National Water Company for swift intervention to resolve the issue by connecting the villages to a water network. Mandooh Naif Rajeh stated, "The Balghah Center is one of the centers suffering from scarcity in the absence of the contractor; whose presence has become as good as non-existent, and many residents cannot afford the cost of the tankers that bring water from distant wells."

For their part, Muqrin Al-Jubail and Mohammed Al-Mutairi from Talal Center told "Okaz": The centers affiliated with Al-Hanakiyah province suffer from water scarcity due to the contractor who comes one day and is absent for months. They added that "some of the eastern Al-Hanakiyah centers are considered close to the Riyadh and Qassim regions, and the centers and villages linked to those regions have been connected to a water network through their areas, yet the centers of Al-Hanakiyah are still served by a contractor's tankers that do not adequately serve the villages."