Water scarcity hits Imo   
Written by CHIDI NKWOPARA     
Thursday, 02 April 2009 



Owerri—Acute water scarcity has hit residents of  Nekede autonomous community, Commissioners Quarters, Imo Concorde Hotel, Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Concorde Area ‘A’ and other adjoining areas of the state.
Vanguard investigation revealed that the water scarcity, which has entered its seventh day, followed a major breakdown of the pipeline that supplies water to the affected areas.

A resident in one of the affected areas, who identified himself as David, blamed the situation on the current dredging of Nworie River, specifically  that the excavating machine employed by the contracting firm, dredging the river destroyed the major water supply line to the area.

“Imo State Government is currently dredging the Nworie River. In the process, the excavating  machine employed by the contracting firm, destroyed the pipeline that supplies water to our area and this explains the scarcity”, David complained bitterly.

He appealed to the state Water Corporation to quickly come to their aid and restore normal water supply to avoid exposing the residents to water borne diseases.

The Acting General Manager of Imo State Water Corporation, Rev. M. Ehujuo,  confirmed that some areas were affected by the scarcity occasioned by the burst transmission pipeline, which passed through Nworie River.

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That not true - It is was in the news ohakim recently commisioned water borne facilities