Oshidute borehole brings relief to communities

The environment ministry, through its Environment Investment Fund (EIF), has intervened in the water crisis affecting the Epembe and Oshikunde constituencies of the Ohangwena Region. The two constituencies are in desperate need of clean drinking water. The EIF responded by allocating N$2.5 million to rehabilitate a borehole owned by the agriculture ministry. The project started in the past few weeks. The borehole will supply water to the communities of Oshidute, Ohakafiya, Omwii and Oshikunde. A 23-kilometre pipeline will stretch from Oshidute in the Epembe Constituency to the neighbouring Oshikunde Constituency. Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta inspected the work on Monday and said he was satisfied with the progress. “We intend to drill one or two more boreholes, or to rehabilitate existing ones ... to supply more water to the affected residents of the constituencies. But for now the current borehole we are pumping water from can supply up to 15 000 people,” Shifeta told Namibian Sun. The EIF also funds other borehole projects in the Omusati Region under its climate-change adaptation programme. Sixteen are in the Tsandi area and 24 in the Onesi and Ruacana areas.ELLANIE SMIT

Oshidute borehole brings relief to communities

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-20

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