Drain the dam, residents urge authorities after series of deaths in the water

Residents in Kamatamu cell Nyarutarama golf club were once shocked to find a young lady’s dead body floating in a nearby dam. 8 people have so far died in the dam since 2009.

postmortem results affirm that the cause of the death was not a result of physical assault or sexual harassment as proposed earlier by the majority of onlookers.

Vedaste Nsabimana the Kacyiru sector executive secretary noted that investigations are in its peak and that he was hopeful that the mystery would be solved to the yet to be identified woman.

The corpse was first noted by child who was heading home from the market and raised the alarm to an official in charge of social affairs in the Kamatamu cell. The police was later informed but arrived on the scene after the residents had pulled out that body.

According to public concerns the incident was not new since in the past three years there have been eight cases of death in the dam, causes of human loss are often attributed to suicide and drowning.

The deceased lady had a height of 1.40 meters; she was wearing a jacket with red and white stripes as well as black spectacles.

Christian Murenzi one of the residents noted. “This dam has caused many deaths especially among kids who drown or even acquire harmful waterborne diseases,” he commented.

In this regard, the majority of residents urged authorities to dry-out the damn as a way of reducing the number of deaths. Though this sounds like a sustainable solution Nsabimana differed with the proposal citing that the advantages of the lake were enormous particularly in environmental conservation. He further pointed out that the dam’s security will be stepped-up from the current day time surveillance till overnight.

“Normally we have people who guard the dam from morning to evening but we hope that strange incidents which occur often during the night will reduce once we increase the watchmen,” he remarked.

The Kacyiru executive secretary also advised that investors should utilize the dam since there were lots of business opportunities. He was more optimistic that the dam would attract investors since it was first constructed to facilitate recreational activities but got stuck in the building process.