By Tovin Ngombe
Gwembe District Commissioner Dorothy Hanvula (DC) has disclosed that floods have washed away and submerged crops for the people that planted along the river and the lake Kariba shore.
Ms. Hanvula said she has received reports of houses that have collapsed though an assessment has not been done owing to impassable roads.
She said the number of people who would require relief food would increase since most of them have lost their crops.
“The continuous rains have affected people, they could not weed, those who applied fertilizer it was washed away and some crops have been submerged, and Gwembe district have been affected as any other district,” Ms Hanvula said.
The DC said the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) under the office of the Vice President has delivered 100 metric tones of relief food and an additional 200 metric tones would also be sent to the district.
Ms. Hanvula said the World Food Programme (WWFP) would be sending 75 metric tones of relief food per month to the district.
She said the food was meant to caution the food deficit that was projected in 20007.
The DC said the impact of the lost of crops would be felt during the harvest season adding that government would have a heavy burden to address the needs of the affected people.
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