Residents of Groot Aub are frustrated by the restrictive measures put up by the City of Windhoek (CoW) which do not permit them to drill boreholes.

Speaking to Nampa yesterday, Windhoek Rural Constituency Councillor and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) member Petrus Adams said that CoW has set up restrictive measures that prohibit private residents in Groot Aub from creating boreholes that could benefit the community.

“Private residents want to drill their boreholes to help the community with the water crisis but are restricted by CoW,” Adams said.

According to CoW spokesperson Harold Akwenye, these measures were taken to ensure that Groot Aub “develops in a controlled manner”.

He said that the restriction on drilling boreholes is to prevent the possibility of water contamination that might be experienced in Windhoek if the boreholes in Groot Aub are not made to standard.

“These measures were taken to ensure the best development for Groot Aub,” Akwenye said.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency