Oshikoto tackling water problems.
THE Oshikoto regional council has in the 2016/2017 financial year made N$528 846 available for the food and cash for work programme, which was shared equally among the region’s eleven constituencies in order to address water woes.
He enlightened the residents on the various developmental projects currently underway in the region, as well as the challenges they are facing.
“In the quest to address the water crisis in the region, the council completed the installation of seven water pipelines in various constituencies,” he stated.
The money and the food are used to pay those digging the pipeline trenches, as well as to buy pipelines in the constituencies.
Twelve boreholes were also drilled at the Nehale lya Mpingana, Okankolo, Eengodi and Omuthiya constituencies by the agriculture ministry as part of their capital projects in the region.
These four constituencies are the most affected in the region when it comes to water scarcity.
More often, residents and their livestock had to go for prolonged periods without water.
Some depend on muddy or dirty water, which is not fit for human consumption.
They also travel tens of kilometres in donkey carts to access clean water.