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Engineers have warned if urgent maintenance and refurbishment was not carried out urgently, the city's sanitation infrastructure would collapse.
Engineers have warned if urgent maintenance and refurbishment was not carried out urgently, the city's sanitation infrastructure would collapse.
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Engineers at the eThekwini Municipality have raised the alarm about the poor state of the city's sewer infrastructure, arguing should maintenance not be done urgently, the system faces a "high risk" of collapsing completely. 

READ: METRO MELTDOWN | eThekwini bleeds cash as workers claim R3.6bn in overtime pay in five years

The engineers have warned if urgent maintenance and refurbishment was not carried out urgently, the city's sanitation infrastructure would collapse, resulting in environmental and public health disasters.

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