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City of Harare resumes refuse collection in some areas - Weekly
City Watch
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
May 11, 2010
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The City Council
managed to purchase 20 refuse trucks and has since started to collect
garbage in areas like Mabvuku, Waterfalls, Glen Norah, Budiriro
and Highfields. However there is need for the City Council to make
a public announcement so as to notify residents of their collection
schedule. During the past week refuse trucks were seen moving around
but people were not aware and not much refuse was collected as a
result. Residents have pointed out that the City Council should
start by clearing up the dumpsites that had sprouted all over the
City.
However, suburbs like
Mabelreign, Sentosa and Avondale are yet to have their refuse bins
collected. There is a pile of refuse at the Zambezi Flats in Sentosa
which has become a health time bomb due to the pungent smell that
comes from the rotten refuse as well as the mosquitoes that are
being bred there. Residents fear that they might contract malaria
as the flats are now infested with swarms of mosquitoes.
Below
is a bird's eye view of the state of service delivery in the
suburbs of Harare.
Kuwadzana
The City Harare
has been covering some potholes in the roads in Kuwadzana 1, 2,
3 and 4. The process has been going on for about a month now.
Refuse collection
was last conducted three weeks ago. The water situation in some
parts of Kuwadzana remains a challenge as residents sometimes go
for three days without water. The affected residents usually rely
on the unprotected wells in Crowborough.
The CHRA Committee
for Kuwadzana Ward 37 conducted a meeting with the City of Harare
and there were indications that the Council intends to resuscitate
street lighting in the area.
Residents in Kuwadzana
have also raised an outcry on the consultation fees that are being
charged at Kuwadzana 4 clinic. It has been revealed that children
pay as much as $5 as consultation fees and yet the clinic is lacking
in medicinal drugs. Patients have had to buy medication from pharmacies
in the city centre. Residents have said that they do not see the
need to pay consultation fees when they are referred to pharmacies.
Moreover, the City of Harare policy states that the consultation
fees should be inclusive of medication.
Mabvuku
Residents have been getting
constant water supplies for the past four weeks. Residents however,
are still skeptical to drink water from their taps as they still
use their wells for drinking water.
Residents of Mabvuku-Tafara
are not amused by the Council's move to combine water bills
and bills for other service charges like refuse collection. This
move has seen bills skyrocketing to as much as $600. Residents have
pointed out that this is a ploy by the City of Harare to revive
the invalid water bills that were sent to residents during the time
when Mabvuku-Tafara had no water supplies.
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