Taiz governor chairs emergency meeting amid Houthi siege
The committee approved resuming waste transport to a temporary landfill that the city has relied on for more than 11 years.
Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan chaired an expanded meeting of the governorate's emergency committee on Wednesday, the news agency of Yemen's internationally recognised government Saba (Government) reported.
Shamsan called for officials to keep up field visits, track residents' needs and ensure that food and basic services remain available, while coordinating closely with the relevant authorities.
The meeting reviewed stocks of food and medicine, the condition of hospitals and health facilities, and the humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing Houthi siege and shelling of the city.
Members also examined the problems facing the Cleaning and Improvement Fund, especially the dangers that workers face when they haul waste to the temporary landfill at Al-Dhabab.
The committee approved resuming waste transport to that site.
Taiz has depended on the temporary landfill for more than 11 years because the Houthis have blocked access to the main landfill at Sharaab Junction, the agency reported.
The agency said a recent move to stop waste trucks from reaching the al-Saleh Gardens landfill showed that the siege of Taiz was continuing.
Yemen has been split by a civil war since the Houthis seized much of the north, including the capital Sanaa, in 2014.
Taiz, the country's third-largest city, has been among the areas hardest hit by the fighting, and its residents have faced long shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
