Committee member urges resumption of rainwater drainage works in Tivaouane
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Moulaye Abdou Aziz Diop, a member of a monitoring committee in Tivaouane, Senegal, called for the immediate resumption of rainwater drainage construction.
The project was launched in November 2025 by the minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation to address flood zones across the municipality. The works were originally scheduled to finish by the end of July 2026. However, Diop stated that internal and external factors prevented the project from meeting that deadline.
Construction paused briefly before the Gamou religious pilgrimage in August 2026 to allow the contractor to connect completed sections and clear public roads for utility providers like Sen’Eau and Senelec. Diop noted that while the completed structures had a positive impact during the previous pilgrimage, the next Gamou is scheduled for mid-August 2027. He warned that there are less than nine months remaining until this event.
He urged the government to pay outstanding debts to the contractor, Kelimane, which pre-financed much of the work. The committee member argued that the state should not wait for traditional preparatory meetings in May or June to implement emergency measures. He emphasized that finishing the rainwater drainage project is a necessary step before the government can begin the next phase of wastewater sanitation.
