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UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher allocated the amount from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support communities.
Namibia having exhausted 84% of its food reserves last month, according to the United Nations
Affected farmers are requested to apply for compensation through AIMS portal.
The summer has been so harsh that they now receive even drinking water over stipulated time periods.
A check dam has been readied across Kabani to arrest the water from Karapuzha Dam, 60 km away.
The district has become hotter by almost a degree Celsius since 2021.
Those staying in high rise apartments with water harvesting facilities are also now dependent on tankers for drinking water.
Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote villages.
In June 2016, the shortfall was just a marginal 8 per cent, in June this year, the rainfall deficit was nearly eight times.
The water in all major dams stand at half the level it held this time last year.
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