BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has stopped refuse collection
services in some parts of the city owing to the prevailing fuel shortages.
In a statement issued yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr
Christopher Dube said uncollected refuse should be kept within household
properties and will be collected when refuse collection resumes.
He said the fuel shortages were affecting other services
that include attending to pipe bursts.
“The city of
Bulawayo would like to advise residents that there may be an interruption in
collection of refuse due to fuel shortages. Residents are advised that the
areas likely to be affected include Makokoba, Riverside, Sunninghill,
Waterford, Selborne Park North, Manningdale, Hillcrest, Highmount, Harrisvale,
Richmond, Trenance, Sauerstown and Belmont Industrial area,” said the Town
Clerk.
He said council was working on modalities to facilitate
timely delivery of fuel and urged residents to avoid dumping garbage in open
spaces.
Residents were advised to keep refuse within their
properties while waiting for council to resume services.
“Council is working on ensuring speedy delivery of fuel
supplies so as to resume normal services. Residents are encouraged to keep the
city clean and desist from dumping refuse in open spaces. Uncollected refuse
should be kept within household properties and will be collected when refuse
collection resumes,” he said.
Mr Dube said erratic fuel supplies were also impacting on
council’s attendance to water pipe bursts and sewer faults across the city.
“Limited supply of
fuel is also affecting our response to water and sewer faults. Bulawayo city
council wishes to apologise for the inconvenience caused,” said the Town Clerk.
Early this year, Finance director Mr Kempton Ndimande said
council requires 80 000 litres of diesel and 50 000 litres of petrol per month
for its fleet.
He said council was facing a myriad of challenges which are
mainly as a result of failure by residents to settle their bills, late approval
of council budget, hyper- inflation and foreign currency demands by suppliers.
“Our roads are deplorable, sewers are bursting again but
they were under control for some time. They are coming back to where they were,
issues that we used to see way before 2009 are coming back,” he said. Chronicle
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