Since August 22nd, the Burundian Ministry Of Environment in collaboration with that of Public Works and Territory Development has been conducting activities to give a new direction to the Ntahangwa River.
“We are conducting these activities to solve the problems the river causes in the nearby localities,” says Marc Rugerinyange, Director of activities at the Engineering and Kazoza Company (EIS-EKA) which is performing the Ntahangwa River rehabilitation activities.
Activities are ongoing to give Ntahangwa River another direction
“Mukarakara Street which was damaged by this river will be rehabilitated,” he says adding that the activities aim to stabilize the river’s banks.
For him, such activities will have a positive impact as they are intended to protect threatened houses built around Ntahangwa River.
“After giving the river another direction, we will plant trees on the riversides,” he says adding that people will move into their houses built along Ntahangwa River after the rehabilitation activities.
“We hope those activities will protect houses which were going to collapse soon,” says a resident of Kigobe neighborhood in the north of Bujumbura city. These activities should end before the start of the rainy season, he says.
Many houses and infrastructures have been threatened by the Ntahangwa River on the southern side of Kigobe neighborhood.
On the other side, Nyakabiga Basic School in the center of Bujumbura city was also affected by the landslide of the river banks but activities were conducted to stabilize them and protect houses in the nearby localities. The rehabilitation activities are expected to last four months.
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