By A Correspondent- Chitungwiza residents who had erected illegal structures in the dormitory town spent the better part of Tuesday morning demolishing their structures following a directive by council officials to remove their structures.

On Monday, the local authority used loudspeakers to inform residents that those who had erected illegal structures should either demolish them on their own or the city fathers would come and do it for them.

At Jambanja, C Junction, Makoni and in Zengeza, the owners of the illegal structures carefully demolished their structures Tuesday ahead of the City Council’s pending demolition exercise.

Several owners who spoke to ZimEye said it was much better to remove the illegal structures on their own instead of having the local authority raze them down for them.

“I would rather take it down on my own. That way, i can take one or two sheets of the roofing and several bricks which i can use for other things,” said one Joseph at C Junction.

Added another woman at Jambanja:

“I am taking down these poles so that i can construct my fowl run. Zvepano zvadhakwa meaning it is now very difficult to continue working from here and there is no hope for us.”

Efforts to get a comment from Chitungwiza Municipality officials were futile by the time of writing.

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