By Cheji Bakari in Tanga
THE government has secured 210bn/- loan for upgrading and expanding Dar es Salaam City sewage system.
The money,
according to Minister of Water, Prof Makame Mbarawa, would enable to
increase the
wastewater coverage from current 10 per cent to 30 per cent
in Dar.
"We are doing
similar projects in Arusha, Musoma and Sumbawanga... plans are underway
for Tanga city as well," Mr Mbarawa said yesterday.
He said in Arusha
city 78bn/- sewerage project is ongoing where modern sewer system are
constructed by Beijing Construction Engineering Group. The minister said
in Tanga during his four-day tour to inspect Tanga Urban Water and
Sanitation Authority (Tanga Uwasa) various projects.
The Dar fund came from Korea based Exim Bank and World Bank (WB) and would avert draining wastewater to Indian Ocean.
The fund will also,
reduced the Dar city challenging of disposing rain water. The city is
facing acute problem of removing wastewater even if it rain poorly.
For the Tanga city,
Prof Mbarawa pledged to find fund for construction of modern sewage
infrastructures aimed at avoiding disposing the sewerage into ocean a
situation which increase human health risk and environmental pollution.
Tanga sewer system covers merely 9.7 per cent of the city habitants.
The minister
reminded the water and sewerage Authorities country wide to not only
focus on supplying clean and safe water but should also concentrate on
wastewater as well.
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