By Hardlife Mudzingwa| Massive borehole drilling in Glen View will breed a health disaster in the near future. The by-election for Glen View South Constituency which birthed the jostling for power, has brought interventions to drill many boreholes in the area. I want to state my position today. This so-called development is a seed to funerals in the area.

Glen View is near Firle Sewer Treatment Plant. Majority of the sewer generated in Harare finds it’s way to Firle. Blockages of sewer pipes, clogging and all manner of challenges on sewer reticulation are rampant in Glen View. Ground water in Glen View is heavily contaminated. THAT PARTLY EXPLAINS WHY MABVUKU WITH DECADES OF NO WATER SUPPLY HAD FEW CASES OF TYPHOID AND CHOLERA THAN GLEN VIEW. IT PARTLY EXPLAINS WHY BUDIRIRO AND GLEN VIEW ARE CHOLERA HOT SPOTS.

This by-election will therefore bring funerals in Glen View because politicians need votes. I urge development practitioners to prepare for interventions to correct mistakes brought by the hunger for power.

My prayer is that those who will vote based on boreholes drilled will not at least loose their lives in the near future. The sad situation happens when you fast track your death by okaying a health time bomb.