Oluundje village headman Job Nghikevali says he is pleased with the construction of an earth dam at the village, which is nearing completion.
He says the village’s long-standing issue of water scarcity has finally been addressed.
Nghikevali says the earth dam would provide water to approximately seven nearby villages in the Omusati region.
“We have finally gotten water for ourselves and our animals. We used to suffer from thirst,” he says.
Nghikevali says the earth dam, measuring 47m by 47m and 4.5m deep, would store enough rainwater throughout the year for the local communities.
It is being constructed by Ipilak Construction, which also built a similar earth dam at Onamakulikwa village.
Ipilak Construction site manager Mekondjo Halwoodi on Tuesday said it took the company four weeks to construct one earth dam.
“Earth dams are being constructed in the Oondobe Dhalugodhi areas and other locations in the Okankolo constituency,” he said.
Halwoodi said four community members were employed during the construction of earth dams at Onamakulikwa village, while two were employed at Oluundje village.
Oshikoto’s Okankolo constituency councillor, Hans Nambondi, acknowledged the government’s efforts in constructing five boreholes and eight earth dams in his constituency between 2020 and 2025.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform drilled 39 boreholes and constructed four others at Okankolo, Eengodi, and Nehale Lyampingana in the Oshiko
to region last year to mitigate water shortages.
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