THE Rundu Town Council is planning to survey two new extensions of the Tuhingireni informal settlement for N$1 million, head of town planning Elfriede Gende says.
Gende told Nampa on Wednesday that the council is planning to do the surveying themselves, starting with Tuhingireni before moving to other settlements such as Ndama and Sauyemwa.
“Planning is already done, but due to our financial constraints, we are unable to get surveyors to do the groundwork, which is why we are doing the basic part of it by ourselves,” she stated.
One of the two extensions has already been completed, and the other one is on hold as the council awaits the procurement of new pegs which will be used on site.
Explaining why they are starting with Tuhingireni, Gende said the residents of that settlement collected funds to purchase a transformer to electrify the location.
“This has come as per NoRED’s requirement as they cannot electrify a settlement that does not show clear indications of how the roads will be demarcated. The setting out of pegs to indicate the streets has come as our immediate action so that we allow NoRED to go on with electrifying the settlement,” she added.
At the same time, the department still has six other new extensions that they need to set up, four in Ndama and two for Sauyemwa.
However, the planner pointed out that this can only be realised if the council will be able to source funds to get surveyors on board, or still take the same route of doing the basic part of the surveying to allow people to get access to services.
To survey one extension would in total cost the council an amount of N$500 000.
Residents who are currently occupying the plots in municipal areas where there are services rendered by the council will be required to pay N$50 per month for residential rent prior to them getting their plots priced for final purchase.
Businesses and institutions will be notified of the amount that they will contribute to the council as their occupational rent on those plots. – Nampa
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