Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:30:20 +0000 By PRISCA LUMINGU-BANDA KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) risk being sued if investigations will establish that the mining company has been polluting water streams in Chingola, Water, Sanitation and Environment Protction Minister Lloyd Kaziya has warned. Chingola residents have accused Government of shielding KCM over the pollution of streams in the mining area by the mining company. Recently over 100 Chingola residents met at Protea Hotel to complain about water streams from which they were drawing their drinking water having been polluted, resulting into the death of children in the area. The minister said he had sent a team of experts from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to assess the situation and the pollution levels in the area. “I have sent a team of experts from ZEMA to assess the pollution levels and if we feel that pollution levels are higher, Government will have no option but to […]
