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Govt mitigates Lusaka floods |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
Government has deployed equipment and other logistics in areas that have been affected by floods in Lusaka city in order to safeguard lives and property.
Lusaka, February 5 -- Government has deployed equipment and other logistics in areas that have been affected by floods in Lusaka city in order to safeguard lives and property.
Lusaka District Commissioner Christah Kalulu said government has also mobilized equipment from the defense forces to drain water in Kanyama, Chawawa and Mandevu constituencies in Lusaka.
Ms Kalulu, who is also Lusaka District Disaster Mitigation Committee Chairperson, said her committee has redoubled disaster mitigation efforts in the affected areas.
She was speaking in Lusaka’s Matero Township today when Stanbic Bank donated protective clothing, industrial bins and other wares worth K20 million towards the Disaster Risk Reduction Programme.
She has since implored residents in the flooded areas to take precautionary measures to avoid any outbreak of waterborne diseases.
And speaking at the same function, Stanbic Bank Managing Director, Joseph Chikolwa commended government for putting in place an effective Disaster Risk Reduction Programme in disaster prone areas.
Mr. Chikolwa has since appealed to other corporate entities to emulate his company and supplement government efforts in mitigating effects of floods in the city.
He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Stanbic Bank Director for Personal and Business Banking Nelus Agenbach.
Earlier, George Compound’s Lima Ward Plan Implementation Committee Chairperson, Gilbert Liswaniso said the township has not recorded any cholera cases since the onset of the rains owing to interventions put in place by his committee.
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