By Bakah Derick
Blogger@hilltopvoices
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Never has it been so challenging getting water in Bamenda. In some places where the people are fortunate, water comes late in the night causing them to wait for the precious liquid not caring when it will show up. In other places it does not come at all. These people have to look for alternatives like springs, wells, boreholes and so on with very questionable drinkable standards.
However the Nkwen Water Project; a community water scheme has been the main source of drinkable water in Bamenda. Very early in the morning, it is common to see vehicles of top placed senior state functionaries heading towards Nkwen in search for Water which they usually get after spending hours in ques. The distribution of water by the Army Rescue though sporadic, is another interesting site to behold. People stand in long lines just like their containers.
It is important to recall one of Our articles published recently on the Water Crisis in Nkwen relating to a standoff between the Bamenda III COuncil and the Nkwen Fon's Palace. These are all practical efforts to improve water supply in a rapidly growing village and municipality. These efforts plus declarations made by the SDO for Mezam on the future construction of boreholes in Bamenda by a Chinese Company is expected to provide water in the city by 2017. For now Rain is the only way out says Mr Nguele Nguele SDO for Mezam. So Pray for rain in Bamenda!!!
Today,
one in two people on the planet live in a city. And the world's cities are
growing at an exceptional rate – 4 people moved to cities in the time it took
you to read this sentence. 93% of the urbanization occurs in poor or developing
countries, and nearly 40% of the world's urban expansion is growing slums.
Projections show that another 2.5 billion people will move to urban centres by
2050.
Sponsored By THE GREENS
Blogger@hilltopvoices
Sponsored By THE GREENS
Never has it been so challenging getting water in Bamenda. In some places where the people are fortunate, water comes late in the night causing them to wait for the precious liquid not caring when it will show up. In other places it does not come at all. These people have to look for alternatives like springs, wells, boreholes and so on with very questionable drinkable standards.However the Nkwen Water Project; a community water scheme has been the main source of drinkable water in Bamenda. Very early in the morning, it is common to see vehicles of top placed senior state functionaries heading towards Nkwen in search for Water which they usually get after spending hours in ques. The distribution of water by the Army Rescue though sporadic, is another interesting site to behold. People stand in long lines just like their containers.
It is important to recall one of Our articles published recently on the Water Crisis in Nkwen relating to a standoff between the Bamenda III COuncil and the Nkwen Fon's Palace. These are all practical efforts to improve water supply in a rapidly growing village and municipality. These efforts plus declarations made by the SDO for Mezam on the future construction of boreholes in Bamenda by a Chinese Company is expected to provide water in the city by 2017. For now Rain is the only way out says Mr Nguele Nguele SDO for Mezam. So Pray for rain in Bamenda!!!
Water is urbanization
Every week, one million people move into cities.
Today,
one in two people on the planet live in a city. And the world's cities are
growing at an exceptional rate – 4 people moved to cities in the time it took
you to read this sentence. 93% of the urbanization occurs in poor or developing
countries, and nearly 40% of the world's urban expansion is growing slums.
Projections show that another 2.5 billion people will move to urban centres by
2050.
The
2014 report of “World Urbanization Prospects” by UN DESA’s Population Division
notes that the largest urban growth will take place in India, China and
Nigeria.
“Managing
urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of the
21st century. Our success or failure in building sustainable cities will be a
major factor in the success of the post-2015 UN development agenda,” said John
Wilmoth, Director of UN DESA’s Population Division.
Thousands
of kilometres of pipes make up each city’s water infrastructure. Many
antiquated systems waste more freshwater than they deliver. In many
fast-growing cities (small and medium-sized cities with populations of less
than 500,000), waste water infrastructure is non-existent, inadequate or
outdated.
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