adminTanaka Nyambo
HARARE City Council has started the rehabilitation of sewage pipes in Mbare.
This follows the state of emergency declared by Government in response to a cholera outbreak. The Council has unveiled plans to upgrade the existing communal facilities and install septic tanks, enabling connections to individual toilets to be made at a later stage.
Town Clerk, Hosiah Chisango, noted that while the council had sourced funding from other projects, they would be seeking additional assistance from the Government, who promised devolution funds for the project.
“The Government declared a state of emergency in Mbare because of the cholera outbreak so the city has moved in to commence works we need to do in terms of waste water management.
“We are upgrading sewers and also putting in new sewers where there was no sewer reticulation for the people,” he said.
He said residents were sharing communal facilities which might have been the cause of cholera.
“The communal toilets that they were using will be upgraded to make them pay toilets for people using the market.
“The work has commenced and we are looking to complete the project at the end of June.”
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter