THE
Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (Dawasa) has vowed to
supervise closely all water project contractors to ensure there are no
more delays in completion of projects.
Dawasa
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Dr Suphian Masasi said this yesterday
after the Minister for
Water and Irrigation, Professor Makame Mbarawa
issued a warning to two firms, Jain Irrigation System and Overseas
Infrastructure Alliance who are undertaking water projects in Dar es
Salaam and Coast regions for failure to meet their deadline and
underperforming .
Dr
Masasi said they are going to review scheduled activities of all
contractors conducting projects under Dawasa, especially those with
problems.
Earlier
on his tour on various projects, Prof Mbarawa warned two Indian firms
for unnecessary delays of their projects that denied people rights to
have access to safe and clean water.
The
minister was dissatisfied with the performance of Overseas
Infrastructure Alliance who is undertaking the Chalinze water project
which was supposed to be complete by last November but they failed to
meet the deadline, resulting to double extension.
Prof
Mbarawa said that the unnecessary delay might have been caused by lack
of capability and seriousness on the part of the contractors.
However,
the minister praised Dawasa for its efforts in ensuring projects are
undertaken despite all those challenges from contractors, and further
directed Dawasa to continue piling pressure on contractors to ensure
project deadlines are met.
In
another development, the minister cautioned all water contractors that
from now on Tanzania will never be a heaven of bogus contractors.
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