Gweru City Council director for health Mr Sam Sekenhamo warned residents against buying fish on the streets, amid reports that some vendors were collecting dead fish from Ngamo Dam that was recently contaminated.
Sekenhamo said they are yet to establish the cause of the contamination. Said Sekenhamo:
I can confirm that indeed there has been contamination of water at Anchor yeast/Ngamo Dam that killed fish. There is a lot of dead fish at the dam’s catchment area and we have teamed up with responsible authorities to contain the situation. As the city, we would like to urge our residents to stop buying food from the street, especially fish.
Environmental Management Agency (AMA) provincial manager Mr Benson Bhasera said they had taken water samples at various points in the dam and sent them to the national laboratory to establish the source of contamination.
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