Friday, March 29, 2024

Lusaka flood victims relocated

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MORE than 100 families in areas affected by floods in Lusaka have registered for the relocation process starting tomorrow, District Commissioner Christa Kalulu has said.

Ms Kalulu said the response from the families in the affected areas was good because they had understood that it was for their own protection.

She said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that the water levels in some parts of the city were high and that the Government would do everything in its means to lessen the suffering of the people.

The townships worst hit by the floods are Chawama and Kanyama. Other affected areas are Mandevu, Mtendere, Kaunda Square, Kalikiliki and some parts of the light industrial area.

A Times check yesterday showed that many houses were submerged in water, forcing the residents to wade in filthy water ponds when leaving their homes.

The Government would remain supportive to the affected families and had secured land for the victims where they would be safe.

Ms Kalulu said the District Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), through district disaster management unit, had enough resources and had already put up tents, lavatories, and security, among other things.

Ms Kalulu said the DMMU was working closely with Lusaka City Council, Members of Parliament in the affected areas, and the ward development councillors where the registration was taking place, to make the exercise a success.

The shifting of the residents was the only option the Government had at the moment to prevent people from contracting diseases.

She said a lasting solution to the floods would be found at a later stage since, at the moment, pumping out water in face of the continuing downpours would not be a sustainable method.

The district commissioner thanked the office of the vice-president, Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company, and all the stakeholders for the support rendered to the relocation exercise.

Several residents complained in separate interviews that the flood situation in their townships was worsened by the under-developed drainage systems.

Amos Banda, of Chawama Township said it was sad that the drainage system had remained unattended to for a long time.

Mr Banda, whose house was flooded with dirty water, said he and other residents lived in fear of an outbreak of waterborne diseases like cholera because of the contaminated water.

Charles Mulenga, a Kanyama resident, wondered why the local authority failed to rehabilitate drainages during the dry season and only showed willingness when floods ravaged the area.

Times of Zambia

13 COMMENTS

  1. :(( Im supprised that misisi has been in existance for more that 60 years but all this govts has not been doing any thing at all
    All this pipo are after inriching themselves.
    All politicians make sure that floods in misisi should not reach my residence.
    Mbola

  2. ~X(~X( its annoying to see this kind of a thing each and every year. i wonder what kind of floods we will wake up to 5 years from now if this issue is not seriously looked into

  3. Are we going going to Learn? This is now iritating me, We think this is a curse Ka? For me this is BLESSING IN DISGUISE God has given us this to see what we will do I tell you the problem though bad is not that bad it just needs people to put proper drainages to make water flow to Kafue river to generate electricity or better still purify it to give the people who cannot have access to safe water. With this unpredictable whether We might have drought ion the next years….will we complain again? This is what made Joseph (in the Bible) visionary leader.

  4. *****s, When are they going to put the interest of the Zambia and that of Zambians 1st. We will hunt you one day. Pray that you dye or get killed otherwise we will jail you and you will work on those same drainage that you are letting innocent people suffer every year in n out. And Kunda you even have guts to say the should pay K5bn to NCC Lusaka based MP, re you ok? There is a generation that is coming up that we teach you people a lesson.
    Foolish Leaders. Also Us as people we re to blame. These *****s will come tomo and cheat us n u will go vote for them again.
    We need to Nation revolution that will make every politician kn that pipo re or ve woken up from sleeping.

  5. Revolution is change! and this change is in th emind of all of us Zambians. Don’t let them cheat you with bags of ubunga for you to consume just during their campagn. Do you know how much of the money these they stel from your tax? Learn some good leason dears.

  6. why did people chose lusaka to be the capital city when they knew very well that it was under a non porous lime stone.

    I am told that between Cairo road there is a tunnel that collects water and guess were the water is thrown to, Chnyika area,

    I am sure the system in most residential areas like woodlands, Kabulonga, Kalundu, if you follow the drainage they might be ending up in places like misis and Kanyama 8-x

  7. Where are the CDFs for these places which are flooding………………..ministers wake up and do the job you were voted into office!!!!

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