Resident of Neelgiri Community at Sawani in Naitasiri will no longer have to fetch water from the service station down the hill after they received twenty six 5000 litre water tanks from Water Authority of Fiji.
This initiative is a part of Water Authority’s Rain Water Harvesting Scheme.
40-year-old Rohini Kumar says fetching water down the hill was very hard for them.
Kumar says they also had to depend on nearby creeks to do their washing.
While handing over the water tanks, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Vijay Nath says that the Neegiri community has been around for the past sixty years and like every other community, they deserve water tanks.
He says they do not have enough water pressure in the area.
Nath also highlights that Neelgiri residents will receive treated water supply by the end of this year and by the end of the year they will be able to get metered water to their door steps.
The government has allocated $4.5million for the Rain Water Harvesting Schemes.
