Shabwa governor holds coalition responsible for oil environmental pollution

SANAA, Nov. 26 (YPA) – Shabwah governor Ahmed al-Amir on Thursday held the Saudi coalition full responsible for the oil leakage that led to an environmental pollution in Shabwa province, south of Yemen.

In a statement issued by Saba, the governor announced that area along with oil pipeline disaster areas.

The oil leakage came from the sector-4 of the oil pipeline in large quantities of crude oil west of Ayyad because of deterioration of the pipelines that threaten agriculture sector.

The governor confirmed that thousands of barrels of oil that are looted by the coalition and tools leak daily into agricultural and residential areas located in these areas and along the dilapidated pipeline.

Al-Amir explained that the environmental pollution affected water basins and ground wells along the pipeline.

He noted that the aggression tools deliberately neglected any environmental remedies or containment of the disaster, which caused serious damage to the population and environment.

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