“In consistency with the EMA Act, Tel-One is conducting an EIA for the project. “Tel-One (Pvt) Ltd proposes to design and construct Optic Fibre Transmission links along the following highways: Bulawayo-Plumtree, Bulawayo-Lupane, Lupane-Hwange, Hwange-Vic Falls, Hwange-Dete and Lupane-Jotsholo,” a Tel-One notice to environmentalists and stakeholders reads.
Tel-One managing director, Hampton Mhlanga, said the project would improve connectivity to the resort town ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly scheduled for next year.
“It is anticipated that this link will be commissioned in time to deliver high-speed connectivity to Victoria Falls in time for the UNWTO indaba scheduled for August 2013,” said Mhlanga.