Safe drinking water crucial
Absence of clean drinking water forces people to drink flood water from wells causing many people in his constituency picking up bilharzia parasite.
Drinking unclean water from the Okavango river or wells will soon be a thing of the past for inhabitants of the Ndonga Linena Constituency in the Kavango east region, its councillor Petrus Kavhura said.
The councillor added that a five-kilometer water pipeline is being installed at Nyondo village, which will stretch via Shaya to Mangandu village.
“People are on the ground and busy as we are speaking. The project is a joint cooperation between the directorate of rural water supply under the ministry of agriculture, water and land reform, and NamWater,” Kavhura explained.
He said no contractor was appointed for the project and that members of the community themselves are assisting with the digging.
The ministry he said only secured the items and all other equipment needed for the pipeline.
This water pipeline he added will be ready in the next two weeks.
Boreholes
Meanwhile, Kavhura said six boreholes were drilled in the constituency and that two boreholes out of the six have been equipped.
“The four boreholes still remain to be equipped on the availability of the budget. The two equipped boreholes are at Mbarwena and Ngandaro villages,” he stated.
The councillor said once all the boreholes are going to be equipped, the inhabitants of the constituency will have shorter distances to access water.
“In future what we will only look at once all boreholes are equipped is to only extent water pipelines,” he said.
Currently, the councillor said there are only three villages in the inland that needs boreholes and these are Shigwa and Shitambo.
“I am hopeful that in the next three years we will be able to solve access to clean water problems,” he noted.
Kavhura said in the absence of clean drinking water forces people to drink flood water from wells causing many people in his constituency picking up bilharzia parasite.
Bilharzia is a disease caused by a parasitic worm. The parasites enter the body when a person is swimming, washing or paddling in contaminated water. People can also become infected by drinking water or eating food from untreated water. - Nampa
The councillor added that a five-kilometer water pipeline is being installed at Nyondo village, which will stretch via Shaya to Mangandu village.
“People are on the ground and busy as we are speaking. The project is a joint cooperation between the directorate of rural water supply under the ministry of agriculture, water and land reform, and NamWater,” Kavhura explained.
He said no contractor was appointed for the project and that members of the community themselves are assisting with the digging.
The ministry he said only secured the items and all other equipment needed for the pipeline.
This water pipeline he added will be ready in the next two weeks.
Boreholes
Meanwhile, Kavhura said six boreholes were drilled in the constituency and that two boreholes out of the six have been equipped.
“The four boreholes still remain to be equipped on the availability of the budget. The two equipped boreholes are at Mbarwena and Ngandaro villages,” he stated.
The councillor said once all the boreholes are going to be equipped, the inhabitants of the constituency will have shorter distances to access water.
“In future what we will only look at once all boreholes are equipped is to only extent water pipelines,” he said.
Currently, the councillor said there are only three villages in the inland that needs boreholes and these are Shigwa and Shitambo.
“I am hopeful that in the next three years we will be able to solve access to clean water problems,” he noted.
Kavhura said in the absence of clean drinking water forces people to drink flood water from wells causing many people in his constituency picking up bilharzia parasite.
Bilharzia is a disease caused by a parasitic worm. The parasites enter the body when a person is swimming, washing or paddling in contaminated water. People can also become infected by drinking water or eating food from untreated water. - Nampa
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