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BINDURA Municipality has come under fire from residents following the flooding of properties due to non-existent and clogged water drainage systems.
Poor and blocked drainage systems are causing artificial floods and pools of water in Bindura, resulting in houses and precast walls being destroyed.
The recent rains have exposed the local authority’s lack of proper town planning, which has been blamed for the flooding.
Flooding has also seen a family being left stranded after its house was destroyed by a precast wall.
This is not the first time that this precast wall has collapsed, leaving a trail of destruction at the neighbours’ yards.
Something similar happened five years ago.
Speaking to H-Metro, Timothy Gweshe, owner of the destroyed house, said Council officials were supposed to come and assess the situation but did not show up.
“On the 9th of December 2022, some of the rains that were received in Bindura accumulated at Masumba’s precast wall and Musumba happens to be my neighbour,” he said.
“As has been the case, the runoff that accumulates from the Aerodrome Business Centre and neighbourhood around, flows down the slope towards the Marimira Business Centre.
“On its way down to this place, it flows directly past private properties, forcibly breaking indoors and cutting across gardens and yards, the runoff enters into his yard through the bottom gap on his gate building a dam kind of accumulation inside the precast security walls.
“This time, water having accumulated as usual, the level rose to a new level thus overpowering the resistance strength of the precast security wall, it fell down with a lot of force hitting my homestead, severely destroying two nearby rooms,” he said.
“Water flowed into the house accumulating to just below knee level, in one of the affected rooms, where two of my sons sleep, they survived by standing on the far end of the bed.”
Gweshe said he now feared for the safety of his family.
“The house is no longer a secure place to live, my family has survived twice, and who knows what the third time will hold?” he said.
Gweshe said the Council should take responsibility for the destroyed house and help repair it.
“We feel like the Council should have helped us when the same predicament befell us five years ago and repaired the drainage system and installed proper drainage canals.
“Council should compensate for the damages as well as show that they care about the residents’ well-being.”
Online Reporter