At least 40 000 residents from the Northern part of Harare
spent years of erratic water supplies due to a mapping boob resulted in a
billboard being erected atop a water line.
Borrowdale Brooke, Hatcliffe, Borrowdale West, Philadelphia
and parts of Greystone Park were the affected suburbs.
Work is now underway to remove the concrete slab of an
Alliance Media Advertising billboard erected along Borro wdale Road.
According to Harare City Council the boob was discovered
after it carried out repairs at Warren Control that increased water delivery to
households.
That led to a pipe burst.
The Hatcliffe feeder line that connects from Alexandra Park
reservoirs burst and council investigations led to the gantry billboard.
Residents have expressed mixed feelings on council’s social media platform over
how the structure was erected without its approval.
One Clifford Musungo queried why council, as the planning
authority was professing ignorance over the anomaly.
“Where is city council enforcement all along? Is there
someone duplicating council service and taking money? Now the real city of
Harare comes back to demolish these structures.” Herald
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