Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, the Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr Teeruthraj Hurdoyal, and the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammud Zahid Nazurally, effected a site visit, yesterday, near the Fayence Mountain, at Camp de Masque Pavé to take stock of the in-house water works in progress.
The works, undertaken by the Central Water Authority (CWA), are expected to effectively address water scarcity in the East. The General Manager of CWA, Mr Ramprakash Maunthrooa; CWA personnel; and other personalities were also on site to elucidate on the ongoing in-house works and on how the water will be pumped and distributed to improve water supply in the Eastern region.
In a statement after the site visit, Minister Bholah asserted that the completion of the piping works is due in a few weeks. Water will be pumped from the boreholes in Clemencia to the Fayence Mountain Service Reservoir and the stored water will be distributed to villages such as Bramsthan, Caroline and Ecroignard that have been facing the daunting water shortage issue since long, he further affirmed.
As for Minister Hurdoyal, he stressed on how the Fayence Mountain Service Reservoir will serve as a buffer to supply water during peak hours and store up to 3,000 m3 of water.
The in-house works undertaken by the CWA, he underscored, are making great strides and approximately 3,200 households in the aforementioned villages will soon benefit from this project.
Both Ministers as well as Deputy Speaker Nazurally commended the CWA team for having proactively undertaken the in-house works by mobilising the required resources in terms of human capital, equipment and machineries, to relieve the inhabitants from the water scarcity problem.
Even though the reservoir made up of steel was constructed in 2020, Mr Maunthrooa, on his part, deplored that there were bottlenecks in the network of water pipes such as gaps in-between the pipes, and the unavailability of fittings and of large good quality Ductile Iron pipes.
He, however, indicated that to accelerate the water works, high-density polyethylene pipes have been used and the necessary parts have been produced by the CWA. The General Manager informed that the pending works will be accomplished prior to the dry season.
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