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| OTAMMIRI WATER SCHEME |
Imo
State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Thursday, 14th April, 2016
commissioned the Imo State Water Scheme, Otammiri.
The
commissioning is coming after several years water taps in Owerri and environ went dry.
The Otammiri
water Scheme was built by the second republic administration of Late Sam
Mbakwe.
It supplied water to virtually all localities in Imo State before it collapsed
many years ago.
Successive governments failed to revive the scheme.
Since then, Owerri has been worst hit over water supply
which has forced many residents to resort to installing boreholes. Sachet water
business grew in leaps and bounds since then in the city and beyond.
A visit
to the water scheme by INNONEWS.COM in January, 2016 showed that most of the equipments
were obsolete as the new concessionaire, Heging Holding Ltd battled to revive most of the engines that were totally in bad shape and archaic .
Okorocha also
said that Imolites would get three months of free water from the Scheme and
after that, charges would follow, urging residents within the water scheme to
guide it to avoid criminals stealing the engines.
Speaking
at the commissioning of the water scheme, the Governor urged the people of Imo
State to drink the water as it is properly treated.
This
newspaper observed that taps are still dry in Owerri main city, though there are
reports that taps are running in some areas.
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