A civic leader in Mungwi District has appealed to government to sink boreholes in Sampa village to save people from drawing water from the crocodile infested Chambeshi River.
Iyaya ward councilor Francis Musonda made the appeal in an interview with the National Agricultural Information Services (NAIS) in Mungwi yesterday.
Mr. Musonda said many lives are threatened because people have to draw water from the river adding that recently, a girl in the area had her stomach ripped open by a crocodile as she attempted to draw water from the Chambeshi River.
The ward councilor further noted that Chambeshi River had burst its banks because of persistent rains making the situation even worse.
Mr Musonda also said that a woman escaped a crocodile attack last Thursday when she went to draw water at the same spot where the girl met her fate.
He has since appealed to the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) to hunt down the reptile so that people’s lives are safeguarded.
Councilor Musonda was in Iyaya ward to check on developments taking place in his ward.
ZANIS
WHY in the 21st century pipo shuold be drawing water form rivers is beyond reasoning piped water should be the norm for every zambian woman.Nomba you still find that pounding mealie meal muma bende, and using stones to grind, are stil the order of the day who will free our women from such stone age activities. working with one 60 year old white woman, she said it took a span of 50 years from carrying water from rivers and using firewood for energy to electricity ,telphones and piped water in every home. she has lived to see all these changes. for our african situation those of us born at the era of independence will not live to see any meaningful change.