BY OUR STAF THE Australian Embassy yesterday donated two boreholes worth $10 000 to residents of Tafara, who have for long been affected by erratic water supply.
The deputy ambassador, Shane Flanagan said his embassy saw it fit to construct boreholes for the residents because, due to aging infrastructure and a growing population, the residents could not access clean water.
Senator for the area, Obert Gutu accepted the donation saying the residents were very grateful as they did not have adequate funds to drill a borehole for themselves.
Tafara is situated on high ground and that means the old municipal pumping system cannot push water for the residents.
The residents thanked the embassy pointing out that some areas had gone for 10 years without municipal water and were resorting to unsafe wells.
The two boreholes will service 500 and 900 people respectively, way above the average of 250 per borehole.
