2 day water cuts for Bulawayo residents kickoff

Bulawayo City Council has abandoned its planned 24 hour water cuts for a more punishing 48hour circle.

The regime begins today.

"The City of Bulawayo would like to advise residents that due to a serious drop in water supplies, we will be going into a 48-hour water shedding programme instead of the 24 hours which had been earlier anticipated" said  Senior Public Relations Officer,  Nesisa Mpofu.

She said this has been further exacerbated by a burst on the Mtshabezi Pipeline reducing the city's water capacity by 16 megalitres.

According to the water shedding schedule, all residents are exempted on Sundays while industries and the Central Business District will not have water cuts.