adminMidlands Correspondent
OVER 3 000 villagers in the Chiwundura area now have access to clean and safe water following the commissioning of the Mlezu and Shagari piped water schemes over the weekend. The two schemes, which have seen piped water reaching thousands of villagers in Chiwundura area, on the outskirts of Gweru, were rehabilitated by Vungu Rural District Council and Unicef.
Commissioning the schemes at Chiwundura Primary School the Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Cde Owen Ncube, said the water schemes were going to improve the basic living conditions for the villagers as they were no longer going to walk long distances to fetch water.
“The refurbishment of the Mlezu and Shagari water schemes will improve the quality of life of villagers in Chiwundura, especially women and the girl child who traditionally have the mandate to provide clean water in homesteads and sometimes travel long distances to fetch clean water,” he said.
“This initiative will now ease pressure on the girl child who will now focus on her education as well as the woman who will focus on income generating projects which will improve their quality of life.”
Cde Ncube said the provision of tapped water also reduced cases of water borne diseases, adding that Government was working tirelessly to provide clean drinking water to its entire people regardless of where they stay.
“This is going to improve health conditions of the villagers who now have access to clean and safe water and are no longer exposed to diseases like typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea,” he said.
The provision of safe and clean is a basic human right which also falls under the United Nations development goals.”
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