THE government has directed regional authorities countrywide to initiate a special campaign that will sensitise the community to harvest rain water and address shortages of the precious liquid.
The directive was issued here yesterday
by the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Eng Gerson Lwenge, when he met
members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture,
livestock Development and Water during their visit to Nyamazugo Water
Project, to be wound up end of this month.
Eng Lwenge said that the government is
in the final stages of constructing a dam that will help harvest rain
water, taking into consideration climate change effects that cause
uncertainty of rains.
He said that the water project in
Sengerema has been implemented by the Mwanza Urban Water and Sanitation
(MWAUWASA) under Lake Victoria and Sanitation Initiatives (LV-WATSAN II)
project that includes improved implementation of water and sanitation
services in Nansio, Sengerema and Geita towns.
Eng Lwenge assured the Sengerema
community that the government targets to achieve 85 per cent water
access for towns and 95 per cent in villages.
The MWAUWASA Director General, Eng
Anthony Sanga, said that the project will be completed on March 31, this
year and so far 90 per cent has been covered.
The contract for the project was signed
on February 15, 2013 between MWAUWASA and COWI (T) Limited that is
managing it while it is being constructed by the China Civil Engineering
Construction Company (CCECC).
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