PURC inaugurates four mechanised boreholes at Bongo-Dua
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has inaugurated four mechanised boreholes for the chiefs and people of the Dua Electoral Area in the Bongo District.
Each of the water systems is fitted with an overhead 10,000-litre polytank and standpipes and has been provided to the Dua-Yikene and Dua-Nayiri sub-communities to help address the water crisis that had plagued the area for years.
The intervention, which formed part of the Commission’s corporate social responsibility, established by the PURC Act, 2010 (Act 800), followed an appeal made in writing by Mr William Amuna, an opinion leader of the Dua community, to the Commission to help resolve the decades-long water challenges.
At a brief ceremony to hand over the water systems to the community,...