Sinazongwe District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni has said the number of people in need of relief food has swelled to about more than 1000.
Mr. Apuleni has urged people to prepare themselves for a worse scenario than anticipated as the flood continues to cause havoc in the district.
He said the district management team has managed to assess the SIX areas while the rest of the other places were still inaccessible owing to impassable roads.
The DC noted that the places visited included Nkandabbwe, Malima, Sinazongwe, Mweezhya, Sinazongwe, and Maamba.
Mr. Apuleni revealed that 1091 people would be in need of relief food because their fields were washed away and their houses have collapsed while 85 percent of people were living in makeshift structures.
He said the District disaster management team was still trying to find ways reaching inaccessible places either through water and when the rains reduces.
The places that still inaccessible include, kafwambila, Siapondo, Muuka, Dengeza, Siameja, Sulwegonde, Sinankumbi, Chimini, Lubwelubwe, and Chiyabi.
The district has continued to receive heavy rains and most people’s maize fields have turned yellow, submerged in water, washed away, and has stopped growing owing to nutrients that have been washed away.
The District Commissioner said the district has received sympathy from many organisations apart from the rapid assessments that the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) under the office of the vice president had done.
He said ZAMBEEF has pledged to donate 200 bags of Maize and the Anglican Church has pledged 320 bags of maize and undisclosed number of blankets to give to people whose houses collapsed.
Chief Sinazongwe’s representative Louis Manje said the rains in the district has caused more to the people as even cotton was failing to grow well.
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