CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape government has pledged to spend over R90-million on a project to bring water to the drought-stricken Karoo.
READ: Karoo battles protracted drought The area is in the grip of one of the worst droughts seen in over a hundred years.
Hardly any rain has fallen in the Karoo in recent months.
Anton Bredell, the Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning stated that soon the first phase of the Oudtshoorn water project will bring relief.
The project is a joint venture with the national government to build the infrastructure to pump water from deep underground.
Within the next few months, the provincial government said the water pipeline will be linked then phase 2 and 3 will be to examine the storage capacity in Oudtshoorn.
The project will bring piped water to a dry and desperate Karoo town by June this year.
The plan aims to set up structures to store water for dry seasons to come.