{"id":393289,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/393289/?format=json","text_counter":255,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13136,"legal_name":"Sunjeev Kour Birdi","slug":"sunjeev-kour-birdi"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my opinion – and I am sure many hon. Members will agree with me - dams are long-term solutions and it takes, at least, five to seven years for projects to be implemented. As we know today, as a long-term solution, we have rampant borehole drilling. If human beings do not get water, that situation will persist. But there is a problem when we have cow-boy borehole drillers going about their business, drilling as if they do not care and going against NEMA regulations. That makes the situation worse. I believe there is need to keep a very serious check on those cow-boy drillers."}