Government will spend over K300 million on the rehabilitation of Kitwe’s Kamfinsa dam, which is on the verge of collapse.
ZANIS Kitwe reports that Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Villie Lombanya said the walls of the dam, which was constructed in 1962, were almost collapsing, posing a risk to human life hence the need to urgently secure it.
Speaking when he inspected the dam today, Mr. Lombanya said that government was worried that if the dam collapsed it would destroy the Kamfinsa water works which supply water to Kamfinsa State Prison, Police Camp and other places.
He said government has since contracted Ebenezer Mining to rebuild and secure the walls of the dam before the onset of the rain season.
Mr. Lombanya, who was in the company of the Water Affairs Officer and Kitwe District Commissioner Macdonald Mtine, expressed concern over the lack of maintenance of public infrastructure.
He said there was need to constantly maintain and secure government infrastructure to prolong its life span.
He added that emergency works that were being done on government dilapidated infrastructure were costing government colossal sums of money hence the need for periodical maintenance.
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