Heavy rains have swept away maize fields for about 67 more Farmers in Sinazongwe District.
Sinazongwe Ward Councilor Obey Siakalitini disclosed that the affected people are from Maiya village and Zubadenda in Chief Sinazongwe area.
The councilor explained that the villagers planted their crops at the banks of the streams where the soils were fertile because they failed obtain fertilizer through cooperatives.
Mr. Siakalitini has appealed to the Disaster Management Unit under the Vice President’s office to come and assess the situation to determine the extent of damage to the farmers produce.
Headman Siampwili of Zubadenda said his people would completely run out of food and has appealed to government to assist them in any way possible.
“We are appealing to government to come to the area we are talking about so that they can come to inspect it, we will have are seriously starvation here,†the headman said.
Last week Chief Sinazongwe disclosed that there will be hunger in the district because his people that planted their crops along the banks of the streams have been washed away by heavy rains.
The Chief said fertilizer has also not worked because it was swept away immediately people applied it.
He said that 10 bridges have been washed away along Sinzaze-Chiyabi roads which also connect Malima people.
“People can not move to Chiyabi and Malima area and about 10 bridges have been swept,†the Chief said.
Sinazongwe is a drought prone area and when it rains in most cases it leaves heavy destruction to people’s fields, so far it has not rained for the past two weeks and crops have already started withering.
By Tovin Ngombe
