By Frank Kamuntu
Kampala: National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) have on September 28 started an excavation and laying of water pipes across Namugongo-Seeta Road at Kanisa Ya Kristo. Some sections of Namugongo-Seeta Road have been closed and traffic have been diverted to alternative routes.
The updates from NWSC shows, the excavations are to enable them lay The Katosi-Kampala Drinking Water Transmission Mains to supply drinking water to Kampala Metropolitan Area since it has a large increasing number of people.
According to NWSC, the new plant when completed will add over 160 million litres of water per day to Kampala service area and cater for the growing demands for clean water in Kampala Metropolitan up to the year 2040.
In a statement issued by NWSC, Sogea Satom is the company that scooped a working contract onto this project.
NWSC stated that the excavation works shall be done in three phases to allow proper traffic management and to minimize traffic disruptions where Normal time of work shall be at night. It will take two nights to install the pipes and backfill the road to make it passable. Permanent reinstatement of the road pavement shall be completed within nine working days after the works
During the actual excavation works across the road, traffic coming in from Ssonde shall be diverted to Bbutto Road while that from Seeta shall be diverted to Jinja Road, where as Traffic coming from Kyaliwajjala shall be diverted to Kireka-Namugongo Road and Ssemambo Road, adjacent to Namugongo Catholic Martyrs Shrine.
