‘Don’t wait for the government’
Zambezi regional council chairperson Bernard Sisamu has urged residents affected by floods to relocate with immediate effect.
Sisamu’s advice comes as the Zambezi River levels have reached an alarming 6.75m as of Thursday and are still rising.
Some villages, schools and clinics are currently inaccessible due to these annual floods, especially in the Kabbe South and Kabbe North constituencies.
During a disaster risk management meeting yesterday, Sisamu said residents must start relocating without waiting on the government.
He added that flood levels are very high compared to this time last year and that the Sifuha-Bukalo road will soon be submerged by floods.
“Villages and schools are already surrounded by floods. Soon more access roads will also be cut off.
Therefore, residents must move to the higher grounds now, because the water is rising fast and they will be stuck,” he said.
The deputy director for the directorate of disaster risk management within the Office of the Prime Minister, Flory Ashipala, says they were dispatched to the region to assess the situation.
He adds that they have provided support through tents, food and water tanks.
The Office of the Prime Minister has provided the region with 60 tents, 50 mattresses, 50 blankets, 4 104 bottles of cooking oil, 2 663 tins of fish and 9 097 40kg bags of rice. These goods will be allocated to the identified affected households.
Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge earlier this week said: “Our access road is getting flooded and access to the lodge will be restricted. Please contact us for more information.”
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