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When will the M&CC address this drainage problem?
Dear Editor,
Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to the Western Drain situated in Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust. The problem has been ongoing for over four months, despite assurances from the Engineer’s Department, of the M&CC that the problem would be rectified. Absolutely nothing has been done!
The reason for me highlighting this issue, publicly, is simply due to me being disillusioned with the exceedingly high level of unprofessionalism existing within the M&CC. This comes against the backdrop of numerous phone calls to various departments.
In one instance I was given all assurances that a “legal document” would be forwarded shortly to an offending party since the individual had breached the Council’s building code. Suffice it to say that since then, the home owner at Lot 6 Henry Street had constructed a concrete bridge.
The water that flows from north to south, draining in the Princes Street Canal, has ceased simply because no excavation was done prior to sandfilling, if any, prior to pouring the concrete mixture for solidification of the bridge structure.
With stagnation of the waste water from fourteen households I shudder to fully comprehend an outbreak of a waterborne disease, as the overflow of liquefied sewerage, would subsequently find its way in the drain.
And not foregoing an increase in mosquito breeding, compounded by a backflow of water into yards, which are exceedingly low!
Finally, legal proceedings should be filed against the M&CC, for failing to discharge its functions effectively in a timely manner, towards ensuring the health and safety concerns of its citizens, who pay their fair share of rates and taxes.
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