Chimanimani Rural District Council has resolved to relocate
hundreds of villagers from Cyclone Idai-ravaged areas.
This was revealed by ward 8 councillor Gift Mtetwa (MDC
Alliance) during a tour of areas affected by the cyclone in Chimanimani
district by the opposition party’s national taskforce.
The party has set up national and provincial taskforces led
by Lynette Karenyi, which is looking into the Cyclone Idai-related matters.
He said all the 23 Zanu PF and the four MDC councillors
have agreed to relocate the villagers. “We have identified places such as
Nhedziwa, Parksview and Nhuka,” Mtetwa said.
“We have reached a stalemate on the issue of Nhuka because
there are illegal settlers there. So we are arguing that we can’t relocate
people to where illegal settlers are staying. We have already decided to
terminate contracts of all students who were on attachment. This was after one
student died during Cyclone Idai. We have about 20 students who are on
attachment with us. We have at least four tertiary institutions who have been
calling us to find out if their students were safe.”
Chimanimani Rural District Council chairman Reuben Mujee
added: “Yes, we have resolved to relocate the families. We have identified
places and we are not forcing them to relocate, but I think it’s a good place.”
“I recently helped to retrieve two bodies from Nyanyadzi
irrigation, I am still traumatised about the ordeal,” he said. Newsday
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