Water crisis in Chatsworth: residents demand action

RESIDENTS of Chatsworth are planning further protests as they face ongoing water supply issues, calling for the municipality to address the ineffective water rationing schedule.

- YOSHINI PERUMAL

The disgruntled residents said their taps had run dry for the last three days and they had no alternative but to take to the streets to vent their frustration.

They are also calling on the municipality to scrap the water rationing schedule, which they claim is not adhered to.

Yugen Pillay, chairperson of the Chatsworth Community Policing Forum (CPF) said there had been sporadic protests and burning of tyres and rubble to get the attention of the municipality in the past few weeks.

He said residents were frustrated that although a water rationing schedule was in place, parts of Chatsworth had not had water for days.

“When the water does come on, it is for a few minutes and goes off again, sometimes for two or three days at a time. This is unacceptable. The municipality is useless and incapable of doing its work.

“People living in Arena Park, Moor-ton, Montford, Crossmoor and Shallcross are the worst affected. The water rationing schedule is not adhered to. Instead they have no water at all. This has been the case in Moorton over the last three days,” said Pillay.