Residents without water for three days (28-06-07)

tor for Ward 31 and Naome Kazingizi, a CHRA member in Glen Norah, both said they feared residents would contract diseases like cholera and dysentery if the situation remained as desperate.
Ms Kazingizi said Glen Norah residents have been fetching water from the dam between Glen Norah ‘A’ and ‘B’ since Friday, creating a fertile situation for cholera and dysentery outbreak.
‘That dam receives most of its water from a stream originating from Highfield and imagine the burst sewerage from upstream,” she said. “The ZINWA officials and the District Office have continued to ignore our reports and we do not know where to make our reports now.”
Timothy Mufunga, the Ward 27 Coordinator, said he has failed to take a bath since Friday.
Mufunga said: “Our toilets have become no-go areas. The stench is too strong for comfort in our homes. Those women with children have nowhere to wash their napkins and the situation is so terrible. Promises to redress the situation have yielded no positive results.”
Madzokere said people had made frantic efforts to get a response from both the City of Harare and ZINWA without success. He said teachers at Glen View 4 and 1 Primary Schools turned away their pupils due to acute water shortage and feared the continued presence of pupils at the school could create a health hazard. – CHRA