District municipality sends TLBs to flood-ravaged Khula Village

Umkhanyakude District Municipality on Wednesday rushed to mobilise and deploy TLBs to Khula Village outside St Lucia, to assist with the deluge experienced due to disruptive rain.

District Mayor Siphile Mdaka on Wednesday morning said this is the area that was identified thus far as being hardest hit.

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“As you will know, parts of that area are wetlands so that is where rain will settle, but we will send TLBs to assist,” said Mdaka.

He added that he was working to rope in the Department of Human Settlements to assist in Ndumo, Jozini where last week severe weather conditions left homes destroyed and one person dead.

“We are working on assisting the family of the deceased with burial efforts where we can,” said the district mayor.

Meanwhile, Khula Village Councillor Ntokozo Mlungwana sympathised with community members who were adversely affected by the downpour.

Mlungwana visited sections of his ward, which were severely affected by the rain, engaging with residents to find solutions.

There were reports of inundation in the village’s neighbouring ward, Dukuduku, with residents struggling to enter or leave their homes.
The R618 between St Lucia and Monzi was also flooded.

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