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Crackdown on wet lands plans

FILE PHOTO: A house built in the midst of a wetland in new Milton Park, a low density area in Harare, May 8, 2017. TRF/Jeffrey Moyo

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has rejected 184 construction projects that were due to be undertaken in wetlands or green belts adjacent to water bodies across the country. This follows a nationwide surge in urban development on prohibited sites, including ecological zones and roadsides.Ema emphasised yesterday that the move was designed to preserve critical water…

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