Posted on August 6, 2010 by westerhof
Lukhanji Municipality has been listed as one of two municipalities set to benefit from R3-million which has been allocated to wards the upliftment of rural household basic sanitation during the 2010/11 financial year.
The allocation was made possible by the Human Settlements Department with Ngcobo municipality also a beneficiary.
The announcement was made during a Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) council meeting on Wednesday. Correspondence by the department to CHDM municipal manager Mpilo Mbambisa in June stated that the allocation would assist in the eradication of rural sanitation backlogs with focus on existing households without access to sanitation and water.
About 3 000 households in the Lukhanji area are to benefit from the allocation in the current financial year while 7 500 have been identified the for the 2011/12 financial year allocation.
Grant requirements include that municipalities have to be ready to implement and have to possess the necessary capacity to ensure that the funding is spent during the allocated financial year. The funds are not transferrable to the municipality but accessed by invoicing the department based on the work done and progress on site. "The grant is meant for households that do not have access to sanitation in rural areas and cannot be used to top us existing funding such as the Municipal Infrastructure Grant," the correspondence stated.
The benefitting municipalities have been asked to identify an area and appoint a service provider in discussion with the department.
The council meeting was told that CHDM had requested the Human Settlements Department to provide the authority with the criteria used in identifying municipalities eligible for funding and it was resolved that the district municipality should work with the two municipalities to identify the eligible areas
Source: Sikho Ntshobane, The Rep / Dispatch online, 6 August 2010
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