Gweru Residents Give Council 24-hour Ultimatum To Resolve Water Crisis As Taps Run Dry

5 years agoThu, 15 Nov 2018 13:03:08 GMT

Gweru Residents Give Council 24-hour Ultimatum To Resolve Water Crisis As Taps Run Dry

Gweru residents have threatened to bring business at Town House to a standstill if Council fails to resolve the water crisis. Gweru has been without water since the last week according to reports. Mkoba high density suburb which is by far the most populous suburb in Gweru has no running water at all. Even medium density and low-density suburbs have not been spared the water crisis as well. Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association chairperson, Cornelia Selipiwe had this to say

We are giving the local city council a 24-hour ultimatum to resolve the crisis, failure of which we will shut down Town House until we have running water in our homes. Residents are very angry and the wave is sweeping across the city. We want the water situation resolved as soon as possible because we cannot risk having another round of cholera and typhoid outbreaks.

House of Assembly for Mkoba constituency Amos Chibaya said that the water situation is greatly affecting the people in his constituency. He said

This is not good at all because water is life. I have people who lost their lives recently in my constituency due to dirty water, now people are using water from unprotected sources. Gweru engineers must address this issue of water urgently. The council’s public relations department must inform people all the times when there is a water crisis.