The Sunday Mail
Online Reporter
GOVERNMENT will drill at least 5 000 boreholes this year, with each ward expected to get at least two solar-powered boreholes as part of the Presidential Rural Development Programme, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Speaking at the launch of the programme in Mashonaland West Province yesterday, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka said more than half the boreholes will each have a nutrition garden.
The event follows the launch of the national programme by President Mnangagwa in Mangwe, Matabeleland South Province, in December 2021.
“The Presidential Rural Development Programme is an accelerator for the attainment of Vision 2030, anchored on the provision of water as a right and an economic enabler,” said Dr Masuka.
“In this year alone, 5 000 boreholes will be drilled nationally, two per ward, and more than half of which shall have the gardens constructed this year.”
Water, he said, will drive agricultural development, which, in turn, will spur rural industrialisation.
“The Presidential Rural Development Programme will transform rural communities from being largely economic spectators to largely economic actors and participants.”
