By Simbarashe Sithole
The sunshine city has lost its lustre as sewage is flowing in the Capital city of Zimbabwe Harare from Union Avenue to Harare Street with no sign of redress.
The business community has raised concern calling for immediate action.
This publication is reliably informed that ZB Bank Union brach among several business companies sent their complaint to Harare City Council (HCC).
HCC spokesperson Stanley Gama confirmed the incident in a statement, highlighting that they will fix the problem on Sartuday.
“The recent sewer blockages in the Kopje area,
along R. Mugabe Road and Kaguvi Street were
caused by rags and other items dumped into the sewer systems.
Our teams have isolated most upstream lines from a 9m-deep sewer manhole to facilitate unblocking.
This is a major operation due to the depth and complexity of removing the rags and other materials dumped in the sewer lines lines.
We expect to fully restore the lines by Saturday 31 January.
Once again we appeal to our residents to desist from dumping garbage in the sewer lines as this is the major cause of most blockages in the city, ” Gama said in a statement.
Meanwhile, last week Harare City only attended to a sewage in Harare Street after Doves complained while leaving the Kaguvi Street sewage unattended.