Residents have started a petition to prevent the proposed move of Langa residents to their area
Langa residents who erected shacks on rail tracks are set to be moved but the receiving community is not happy. HENK KRUGER African News Agency
The residents of Siyahlala informal settlement in Langa erected shacks on the railway lines of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa , which saw the train service on the central line halted. The statement said the land selected from the options available, in Eerste River as in the case with the Langa land, is not only situated next to an important Prasa railway line but also adjacent to Eskom power lines and the Van Riebeeck double carriage way.
According to the statement, the existing facilities and services in the area are already stressed to the maximum, electricity supply is already extremely unstable and fails continually multiple times per week, the sewerage treatment plant is overflowing and will only be able to deal with increased load in early 2024, schools are already unable to cope with the current community requirements with children having to travel to other areas daily for their education, or overflowing onto the streets,...
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