mutokwe dam was a poor plan

I must also admit that government delayed in taking action to alleviate suffering in the areas around Mukosi Dam. They left their job to care for its citizens. They knew that Bulawayo had never received more rains in more than a decade and water problems have been the talk of the days. so how come they just thought every thing will be fine when they saw that this year the whole country was going to recieve more rains than the other years.

The World’s Dams Association emphasises that when people are moved due to floods, they must be compensated by government for, among others, the trauma endured. The government is saying that when the dam is complete, it would benefit five irrigation schemes billed to be the largest small-scale irrigation development in Zimbabwe. but my question is what will those displaced families relying on in their day to day lifes. the scheme is a good one but l think that its a poor one as the farming projects take time until the people can actually benefit. the government should come up with a scheme that serves the current situation as well as the future of the people aroung the dam.
 Also the engineers are to blame for this event. When they were working on the plans for the dam, they should have looked at possible future scenarios and concluded that flooding can and might  exceed a certain amount. they were not supposed to look at the past but the future because the climate is changing with evry season and every day.

The engineers also projected that the dam would be getting 1,8 billion cubic litres of water in four years and constructed a coffer dam responsible for catching water before it flows into the bigger Tokwe Murkosi Dam.
“When we look at the whole of Masvingo, we will be getting 400-500ml of rain per year but this season we got more than 800ml in one week. These rains then filled the small dam that was supposed to be holding 600ml and the water flowed onto the big wall and this covered the 2 600 hectares with water, which is not what they had considered.
 dams are good and dangerous to both human and animal life, so when constructing a dam, the engineers and who ever is involved must take their time and make sure that there is enough time and resources just to do the perfect structure. this type of planning usually cause more problems than anticipated.

Many people were inconvenienced, graves were destroyed, school children were disturbed in their education and the farmers have also been disturbed.