Africa-Press – Botswana. Molepolole long standing water woes will soon come to end as the Gamononyane-Molepolole water pipeline comes to completion.
In a kgotla meeting addressed by Molepolole South MP, Mr Kabo Morwaeng this week, Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) lead engineer, Mr Lopang Seporo told residents that the project expected to be completed by March would end the dry spell.
Mr Seporo said WUC was banking on the project to ensure reliable and consistent water supply to Molepolole and localities.
He explained to the residents that the current water rationing was meant ensure most parts of the village received water.
“We are rationing water so that every home can have a drop of water,” he said.
He also regretted that some people were hoarding water for their livestock, something that worsened the situation.
Residents had earlier complained to their MP that water in their village had been a challenge for the longest period.
“Our village has been severely affected by lack of water or portable water supply which has been there for the time immemorial,” said one resident.
They also told the MP that despite their village being one of the densely populated places in Botswana, and the biggest village in Kweneng, they had suffered for the longest time.
While some said they had resorted to buying, some complained that even the temporary water bowsers were no longer filled up consistently.
Furthermore, residents complained about the suspension of plot allocation which they said had created problems in families that had ballooned from many generations.
One resident was of the view that family feuds were caused by extended families staying in homes of their grandparents.
Meanwhile, Molepolole sub-landboard secretary, Mr Mosimanegape Rabatokolo assured residents that there were some areas earmarked for plot allocation such as Suping, Magokotswana and Garanta.
However, he explained that at Garanta, further consultations were ongoing because it was a private owned land.
“Base maps have been completed for these areas and we will allocate some plots even if it is not much, but something will be done,” he said.
At Lephaleng Ward, Kgosi Kruger Kareng complained that the pace of developments was slow and that district authorities should assist residents to swiftly change land board certificates, which some required a tedious process of consent of Master of High Court.
Lephaleng Village Developent Committee (VDC) chairperson, Ms Peggy Gotlhokwang complained that Ipelegeng quota was too small and also lamented the internal road networks which she said were in a bad state.
Meanwhile, Lekgwapheng VDC chairperson, Ms Julia Keetsaletse called for installation of Gantshonyana Ward headman.
She also called on contractors in the area to give preference to local people when hiring and also challenged them to improve their workmanship and use quality building material for labour intensive public works such as paving of internal roads.
For his part, Mr Morwaeng, acknowledged residents’ complaints and assured them that government was working tirelessly to end water problems in their village.
MP Morwaeng was apprising residents about developments coming to Molepolole, which included major internal road networks and the restructuring of district councils, which he said was meant to decentralise services and improve administrative expediency.
He said internal roads would be completed with Constituency Community Project (CCP) funds and that some road networks in the village would were included in the National Transitional Development Plan.
Among the road projects, he said would be the 12km bypass road that would decongest the Molepolole main road.
He said the village would further benefit from another 25km of internal roads apart from those constructed through CCP funds.
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