The strong winds in October which left nine houses without roofs and uprooted trees has cost the municipality more than R4 700 worth of damage.
This was revealed in a damage report which was tabled in front of the Makana council’s social services portfolio committee this week. On 26 October a strong wind blew roofs off houses and nine households were affected.
The strong winds in October which left nine houses without roofs and uprooted trees has cost the municipality more than R4 700 worth of damage.
This was revealed in a damage report which was tabled in front of the Makana council’s social services portfolio committee this week. On 26 October a strong wind blew roofs off houses and nine households were affected.
According to Makana fire chief William Welkom, three familes whose houses had collapsed completely were relocated to their relatives’ houses. The fire services department issued the households with plastic sheeting (known as course sheets) which was used to keep the damp out. The 10 rolls of damp course sheeting was ordered from the municipality’s stores department and cost the municipality a total of R4 746.10.
The houses which were affected are situated mainly in townships such as Extensions 6 and 8, with only three shacks being affected.
"Several complaints of power outages and broken electrical cables were also received by the control room," Welkom reported to the committee. "These complaints were reported to the electricity department and Eskom," adding that three uprooted trees also fell onto the roads.
Welkom said the Cacadu District Disaster Centre was notified about the overall damage. "Blankets and food parcels were issued to the affected families whose structures have collapsed," he reported.
He told Grocott’s Mail that the technical services department is assessing the "actual monetary value of the damage inflicted on the houses". "The technical services section is liaising with the housing department for incidents where the houses were completely demolished," he added.
