Bulawayo Residents Complain Over Pits As Kids Drown
Bulawayo residents have complained over pits that have been uncovered for years amid fears that more people might drown this rainy season.
Reports suggest that three boys drowned in Pelandaba West and residents are afraid more might drown if the city fathers fail or neglect to cover the pits.
A resident from Pelandaba, a suburb in Bulawayo, who spoke to ZBC News on condition of anonymity said
It is very painful to see our children drowning in these pits. I is people whom we know and with this lockdown we cannot control our children’s movements. Can the city fathers do something?
Another resident said the pits were now a threat to safety suggesting that the pits are probably being “used to dump bodies by criminals,” since it’s unexplainable that the three kids could drown within a very short space of time. Another resident said:
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Can the city council fence up this place. These pits have been like this for years. Children have drowning but nothing are being done.
The residents appealed to the local authority to “do something urgently before schools open” since the pits are now a danger to the lives of kids who are usually attracted by water.
Bulawayo city council Public Relations Manager, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu, said the city has deployed security personnel to the pits and these will monitor the area as they mobilize resources to reclaim them. She said:
We will be moving our plant to the pits to drain the water levels in the pits. Once we excavate trenches to drain the water levels, council will then move and backfill the pits. We are still mobilising resources to transport the excavator.
ZBC News reports that the pits, some of which are a result of illegal sand poaching, are scattered in most suburbs in Bulawayo.
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