Mbarawa inspects the Chalinze water project, gives the entrepreneur up to

Up to now, the implementation of the project which is under the supervision of the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewer Authority (DAWASA) has reached 75%.

The project that began in November 2015 was to be completed in February 2017.

Once completed, the project is expected to move water pumping from 500 million liters to 900 million liters per day .
and the Minister of Irrigation, Prof. Makame Mbarawa, gave the directive yesterday during a visit of the premises of the Water Authority and Chalinze (Chaliwasa) to inspect progress in implementation of the project.

Professor Mbarawa said, "I give you another chance to finish the project in November, you have to work day and night to avoid penalties, I'm not sure if the due diligence was done properly before 39; offer the offer to the entrepreneur. "

He warned that on completion of the rest of the work in time, the government will seize the travel documents from the top of the job. business. officials as well as deregistering the company from the Contractor Registration Office (BRC).

Professor Mbarawa applauded Dawasa for a job well done in supervising water projects since most of them are at advanced stages.

Earlier, Dawasa's CEO, Dr. Suphian Masasi, said that they were giving the contractor more time to complete the project and decided to suspend the contractor February 22 of this year.

"We suspended the contractor because of failure of the implementation of the project.The case was brought before an international arbitration court by the contractor , but the dispute was decided in favor of Dawasa. "

In addition to the termination of the contract, the Indian company was ordered to surrender 10% of the funds disbursed to
Dr. Masasi explained that the Government has so far paid $ 23.1 million, or 58.33% of the total project cost of $ 41.2 million.
The project, he said, includes the construction of storage tanks. Clear water tank with a capacity of 1,000 cubic meters, installation of 351 water kiosks and laying of water pipes in various villages of Chalinze and parts of Handeni District in the Tanga region, as well as in the Morogoro region.

Water storage tanks will be built in a number of villages, including Pera, Pingo, Bwilingu, Maiga, Diozile, Miono, Hondogo Rupungwi, Manga, Kihangaiko, Masts, Mazizi, Kilemera and Mandera, he said.
Chaliwasa CEO, Eng Christer Mchomba, said that the completion of the project will increase the number of customers and revenue. Chaliwasa was established in 2003 with the goal of reaching 7 million liters of water a day, but up to now it has reached 5 million liters, said the CEO at the meeting .