By Paul Shalala in Luanshya
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| Overflowing sewer in Mpatamatu |
Two families
of Section 27 in Luanshya’s Mpatamatu area are spending nights in the cold and
living in fear of diseases following the flooding of their houses by sewer.
On Thursday,
sewer from toilets flooded house numbers 275 and 235and destroyed several household
goods such as carpets, clothes, mealie meal and food stuffs.
The
residents feel they are not safe from waterborne diseases.
The
overflowing sewer spread across the whole house destroying everything that was
on the floor.
The
residents are now worried that their houses are no longer safe as they can
contract waterborne diseases any time.
Those who
witnessed the incident were shocked.
"The sewer which flooded my house was almost knee high. I used a broom to sweep it out of the house and am worried this can bring diseases," said Dickson Kapisha.
Another victim Catherine Chipito had no kind words for the water utility.
"People from Kafubu Water came here and did literally nothing. They only splashed lime outside the house. How about inside? How will we survive with our children? We want them to compensate us," she said.
A few hours
after the incident, workers from Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company went on the
scene and applied lime on the sewer to neutralize it.
"Our
officers applied lime on the sewer to neutralise it. We will continue
to monitor the situation for any eventualities," said Fales Mwanza,
Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company Public Relations Officer.
"The sewer which flooded my house was almost knee high. I used a broom to sweep it out of the house and am worried this can bring diseases," said Dickson Kapisha.
Another victim Catherine Chipito had no kind words for the water utility.
"People from Kafubu Water came here and did literally nothing. They only splashed lime outside the house. How about inside? How will we survive with our children? We want them to compensate us," she said.
Government
is worried that the dilapidated sewer line which has been serving Mpatamatu area
has now started flooding people’s houses.
"We have a very old sewer system in Luanshya. This flooding of houses in Mpatamatu is not the first time. But we are hopeful with the coming of the Danish government funding that the situation will soon improve," said Luanshya District Commissioner Harold Mbaulu.
The houses
still have a heavy stench and the occupants can not manage to spend nights
inside.
They have removed all their household goods and placed them outside their houses where they are spending their nights.
They have removed all their household goods and placed them outside their houses where they are spending their nights.
As the clean
up continues, occupants of these houses hope authorities will help disinfect them
to ensure their safety.
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