Settlements verification continues

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Settlements verification continues Vice President Constantino Chiwenga

Suburban

The verification of the number of people living on irregular and dysfunctional settlements including in flood prone areas continues while the National Wetlands Master Plan, which will inform the development of the National Wetlands Policy, has been completed on time, Cabinet heard this week.

Suburban Reporter 

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who chairs the Enhanced Cabinet Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management, presented the Committee’s Sixth Consolidated Report during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting covering the following areas:

* Identification and Quantification of All Irregular and Dysfunctional Settlements, Including in Flood-Prone Areas;

*   The Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2; 

*  The Production of a National Wetlands Masterplan and Proposal on the Way Forward for Development of the Policy; and 

*  The Streamlining of the Operations of Housing Co-operatives.

“Pertaining to the identification and quantification of all irregular and dysfunctional settlements including in flood prone areas, Cabinet was advised that the number of families in wetlands/dysfunctional/irregular settlements remains at 31 257, with verification still ongoing. 

“Provision of relief to distressed households at Budiriro Hall Holding Camp is underway. Evacuation centres for housing distressed families are being developed before the onset of the 2021/2022 rainfall season. Meanwhile, Government will provide on-site and off-site infrastructure on Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle Schemes which lack the services,” Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet media briefing. 

Minister Mutsvangwa said Cabinet was pleased to announce that the National Wetlands Master Plan was completed on time and will inform the development of the National Wetlands Policy.  The inventory of Zimbabwe’s wetlands together with the accompanying maps is now available in hardcopy and electronic format. 

The Master Plan is comprehensive and is made up of the following: 

the Zimbabwe National Wetlands Map; 

10 Provincial Wetlands Maps; 

63 District Wetlands Maps; 

Field Wetlands Maps; 

the National Wetlands Geo-database; and 

the National Wetlands Interactive GIS Webmap. 

“The wetlands interactive GIS web map provides an interactive platform for wetlands visualisation to the general public, and the mobile application can be accessed online,” said Minister Mutsvangwa. 

She said the inspection of housing cooperatives was ongoing with five provinces covered so far.  

“On the regularisation and deregistration of errant housing cooperatives, it is advised that the inspection of cooperatives is ongoing, with five provinces having been covered so far.” 

Minister Mutsvangwa said work was in progress to rehabilitate roads which were declared a disaster to pave way for State funding.

“Regarding the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP 2), Government wishes to advise that implementation of the Programme is work in progress, with some notable achievements having been recorded.” 

The works being carried out on the roads, which were declared a state of emergency, fall into the following categories: 

rehabilitation and construction; 

reseals; 

re-gravelling;  

spot re-gravelling; 

grading; 

drainage structures repair and construction; 

wash-away and gulley reclamation; 

erosion works and drains; 

verge clearing; 

and pothole patching 

“Highlights include the following: that 7 515 km out of the targeted 13 313 km of road network have been pothole patched, while 4 115 km have been graded, 874 km re-gravelled and 164 km rehabilitated or constructed,” Minister Mutsvangwa said.

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