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to water reservoirs.
Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda made the announcement yesterday during a special full council meeting to discuss the setting up of a special tribunal to conclude the city’s land sales, leases and exchanges between 2004 and 2009.
The meeting, which was closed to the media soon after Mr Masunda’s announcement, also dealt with human resources issues.
There were reports that councillors were not happy with the performance of human resources director Mr Cainos Chingombe in handling labour issues that resulted in the city losing millions of dollars.
Sources that attended the meeting said a resolution to suspend Mr Chingombe pending dismissal was reached.
On the water issue, Mr Masunda said the shutdown was to “allow for emergency maintenance works to be carried out along the pumping mains.”
City engineers had earlier indicated that the city was losing a lot of treated water due to recurrent bursts on the water mains. The progress in water delivery that had been recorded in the past few months was fast diminishing as millions of litres were lost every minute.
“Water interruptions are anticipated during the shutdown,” he said.
The shutdown means residents have to use available water sparingly and to recycle used water until the situation normalises.
Online Reporter