UPDF, NSWC partner to provide safe water
Mar 30, 2016
“The UPDF engineering department are partnering with NSWC as well as inmates in digging and laying new water pipes to pump water from Oyitino River, which is located two to four kilometres from the dam,” Kato said.
The Engineering Department of Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) 4th Division Barracks has joined the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NSWC) staff in removing dead fish and other organism from Oytino dam.
The dam dried up because of the prolong dry spell.
Lieutenant Hammad Hassan Kato, the acting 4th Division army public relation officer says they have brought in the force to clean the shores of Oyitino dam, where NSWC pumps water to supply the people of Gulu.
He says the UPDF soldiers were filling sand bags to be laid down the water wave to raise its level.
"The UPDF engineering department are partnering with NSWC as well as inmates in digging and laying new water pipes to pump water from Oyitino River, which is located two to four kilometres from the dam," Kato said.
Lt. Kato asked the people of Gulu to use water sparingly and observe proper personal hygiene to avoid disease outbreak.
The NSWC Gulu area manager, Paul Rackara says they are doing their best to ensure that water supply is back in the next one to two weeks.