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There has been some progress in the water situation in Hammanskraal, says the city of Tshwane. The color returns to normal, there is no indication of cholera and residents are not at risk of health complications.
"It is of utmost importance that the public badures that there is no cholera in the water of Hammanskraal." Darryl Moss, Services Committee Member Tshwane public, confirmed Friday that the city had agreed that there were difficulties in providing quality water in the area.He also noted that even in the last days, an improvement in the water color had changed, "said Moss 19659002] This followed angry protests from residents that the water supplied in the area was not good enough and could cause illness. [19659002] Read: Hammanskraal: We will protest until the promises of water are fulfilled
and the secretary of the local chapter of the South African National Civic Organization, Annah Mawela, has stated that they planned to protest until they were taken seriously by the municipality. [1] 9459009]
She confirmed on Friday that the quality of the water had improved but was not yet good to drink.
In addition to having to buy drinking water, Mawela previously said that residents had the impression of being ignored by the government.
She said of the nine quarters of Hammanskraal, that only one had clean water. It had been going on for a long time, and the government had made promises but had not delivered.
In desperation, residents closed the area by burning tires and shutting down all roads saying that they had enough empty promises.
Moss added that: "The City would like to apologize to residents of Hammanskraal for the panic that has been caused in recent weeks."
He said that the city would continue to monitor all the water treatment plants, reservoirs and Mawela said that even though the city had organized trucks to provide water to Hammanskraal, the community was not entirely satisfied with this because it had been outsourced
. cause a problem. They come from Mpumalanga, our people have not had a chance in this project. The city should have taken at least 15 Hammanskraal trucks out of the 25 that provide water, "said Mawela.
" Our population is unemployed, and the city knows it. They solve a problem and we are not happy about it.
During his last visit to the region, Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga said the city had announced a tender for expanding the Rooiwal water treatment plant.
"We will ensure that supply chain management processes are accelerated as far as possible, humanly and legally, to ensure that the contractor is on the ground very quickly" , said Mr. Msimanga. [ad_2]
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