JICA, Chambeshi Water drill 29 boreholes in Nakonde

JICA, Chambeshi Water drill 29 boreholes in Nakonde
Written by Jonathan Mukuka
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:24:30 PM

TWENTY-NINE boreholes have been drilled in Nakonde district in Northern Province to improve water supply under the government - counterpart funding.
The district would also benefit from an additional 54 boreholes at the cost of over K1.5 billion from the African Development Bank (ADB) funding.

The 29 boreholes cost over K690 million. Northern Province minister John Chinyanta disclosed this in Nakonde over the weekend when he officiated at this year's Mutomolo ceremony of the Namwanga people of Nakonde.

Chinyanta said 24 boreholes had been drilled with financial assistance from Japanese International Co-operation Agency [JICA] while Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company had sunk five boreholes under the devolution fund to improve the water supply in the district.

He said that a number of boreholes, wells, and sanitation facilities had been constructed in communities around the border town under Development Cooperation Ireland, Rural Water Supply Programme.

He said that water supply in the district would improve tremendously after all the boreholes being drilled had become functional.

Chinyanta directed Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company to improve on the supply of water to the consumers.

Nakonde residents have for many years been complaining about the water quality and quantity.

Only a small portion of the population in Nakonde had access to safe water from either boreholes or protected wells.

The rest of the population depended on water from either streams or unprotected shallow wells or scoops along riverbanks.