“Mnangagwa Gvt Could Have Acted In Time To Save Citizens”
22 March 2019
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Farai Dziva|MDC A leader Nelson Chamisa has lamented the glaring lack of disaster preparedness in the country.

“The sad reality is that the the disaster preparedness of the entire infrastructure of the State is itself a disaster.

Indeed, devastation caused by Idai,especially the tragic loss of life, has exposed the clear and present danger that the State itself is a disaster.

With the advent of Climate Change, cyclones have become regular in our part of the world. Citizens would have thought by now the State has learnt something about how to save lives and to protect the people during these deadly cyclones,” Chamisa posted on Twitter yesterday.

“The response of the people was better than the response of the State- which came like an afterthought when cyclones are a scientific phenomena whose formation and trajectory can be detected and forecast.Saw Cyclone coming but state did little to warn and remove pple from danger zones,” added Chamisa.

“Haphazard settlement system in the countryside is a ticking time bomb.We need integrated national settlement planning upon accelerated rural upliftment program.Have standards even models for structures and houses certified for human habitation thru a district planning commission.

Most of our road networks and bridges are substandard and of poor workmanship.What we want here is a National Infrastructure plan for the whole country spanning into 20 to 50 years that speaks to national focus on ..roads and rail networks, bridges and bullet trains.”