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Harare Residents Trust, council officials tours Morton Jaffrey water works
23 Feb 2016 at 06:25hrs | Views
The Harare Resident Trust and the Harare City Council officials last week toured the Morton Jaffrey Water Works site to assess the situation.
The trust said they were representatives from different organizations, the Mayor, acting Town Clerk, the Harare water Engineer, and Engineers from Morton Jaffrey who were explaining everything occurring at the site.
"Residents were shown 7 pumps from the Chinese loan, the City received another 9,5 million dollars from Zimfund which was used to buy another 7 pumps to make them 14. out of the 9,5 million dollars received from Zimfund 4.5 million dollars was used for the rehabilitation of Prince Edward Water Works," said the trust.
"Other materials bought were generators, dosing pumps, valves and back breakers. The Morton Jaffrey Engineers said the City needs 30 days to complete the job, so they spread they the days of the shut down so that residents can have water. The people who attended the tour at Morton Jaffrey acknowledged that there is progress although the speed might not satisfy residents."
The trust said they were representatives from different organizations, the Mayor, acting Town Clerk, the Harare water Engineer, and Engineers from Morton Jaffrey who were explaining everything occurring at the site.
"Other materials bought were generators, dosing pumps, valves and back breakers. The Morton Jaffrey Engineers said the City needs 30 days to complete the job, so they spread they the days of the shut down so that residents can have water. The people who attended the tour at Morton Jaffrey acknowledged that there is progress although the speed might not satisfy residents."
Source - Byo24News
