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Zesa delaying Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipe link project
23 Nov 2011 at 23:10hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has been accused of failing to connect power to the main Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipe link pump station.
The 42km pipeline link to Mtshabezi Dam in Matabeleland South is regarded as the medium-term solution to Bulawayo's perennial water problems.
Water Resources Development and Management minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo said the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZNWA) had completed construction and laying of pipes and accused Zesa of delaying the connection of electricity to the main pump station.
Nkomo said everything ZNWA was meant to do has all been done but Zesa is yet to electrify the pump station and that is what is holding the project.
When contacted for comments, Zesa spokesperson Fullard Gwasira told the News Day that he could not shed light on the matter.
The 42km pipeline link to Mtshabezi Dam in Matabeleland South is regarded as the medium-term solution to Bulawayo's perennial water problems.
Nkomo said everything ZNWA was meant to do has all been done but Zesa is yet to electrify the pump station and that is what is holding the project.
When contacted for comments, Zesa spokesperson Fullard Gwasira told the News Day that he could not shed light on the matter.
Source - Byo24News | News Day
