Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:32:21 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA THE perennial floods that Lusaka city has been experiencing over the years have been exacerbated by either poorly maintained drainage infrastructure or none existent of the facility especially in places that started as informal settlements, says Lusaka mayor Wilson Kalumba has charged. Mr Kalumba said the floods had had affected some parts of the Central Business District including Kabwata, Kanyama, Munali, Chawama Constituencies and other isolated places. “It is important to appreciate the fact that Lusaka city is situated on a flat plateau with mild slopes as low as 0.2percent and consequently, most areas of the city experience extensive flooding during the rainy season, “Besides the low topography Lusaka also has a very high water table in certain areas and this is determined by the geology of the city which is constituted by highly impermeable limestone which gets quickly saturated by water during the rainy […]
