Source: The Herald – Breaking news.
Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter
Government is working relentlessly to ensure the completion of Kunzvi Dam along with the associated water works and pipeline.
This will add to the water supply for the high-lying northern and eastern areas of Harare Metropolitan and the areas furthest from the larger Morton Jaffray works, on the lowest lying south western edge of the province.
Excavation was underway yesterday at the site of the waterworks as the contractor establishes the site.
The pipeline contractor, Redan Zimbabwe, has cleared the route from Kunzvi Dam up to Arcturus Mine at an area commonly known as kwaProton.
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority contracted Redan Zimbabwe, which is clearing the way for the pipeline from Kunzvi water treatment plant feeding into Harare around Donnybrook on the eastern edge of the city, the highest point in Harare.
This area is higher than the more hilly Glen Lorne and Borrowdale to the north.
“Dam construction is at 48 percent and pipeline 9 percent,” she said.
Kunzvi Dam is being built on Nyagui River which separates Goromonzi and Murehwa Districts in Mashonaland East.
It is meant to supply water to greater Harare Metropolitan. But while the urban water supply is the main function of the dam, surrounding communities will be able to tap it for irrigation.
More than 150 local youths have been employed, and the community is also benefiting through selling food and agricultural produce.
Construction of the dam began in 2021.
The dam site is 67km north east of Harare, near Juru Growth Point on the Nyangui River.
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