Luanda – The problem of wastewater and rainwater runoff in Luanda will be solved in the next three years, said Tuesday in this province its governor Manuel Homem.
While talking exclusively to ANGOP, the official informed that there are six structuring projects to make residual waters runoff flow more smoothly.
The project aims to transfer the waters of the great basins to the macro-drainage system in order to ease the run-off of water from the municipalities of Viana, Talatona and Kilamba Kiaxi to the sea, either through the Cacuaco area or Benfica.
These projects are included in the Integrated Intervention Plan for Luanda for the 2022/2027 period.
During the interview, Manuel Homem announced also the construction of over 50 primary schools and the same number of schools for the first cycle of the secondary level in 2023, in order to reduce the number of children who are out of the school system, at this time currently estimated at around 1.5 million children.
Luanda´s capital city currently has 4,247 public schools.
Regarding health, Manuel Homem said that his staff is working in a process to make available to the citizens more than 51 municipal hospitals taking into account that currently there are only 10 municipal hospitals.
Among other issues, the Luanda provincial governor also spoke about the projects related to power and water, basic sanitation, rehabilitation of secondary and tertiary roads, as well as the problem of illegal sale of land.
During the interview, Manuel Homem revealed that Luanda recorded a disorganised growth, a fact that makes it impossible to carry out some structural projects, such as rainwater drainage.
He considered it imperative to continue materialising the objectives of economic development, particularly in the areas of trade and industry, and said, meanwhile, that there was great demand for investors in the country´s capital, which has nearly 10 million inhabitants.
Manuel Gomes da Conceição Homem is the 24th Luanda governor since September this year.