Row erupts over double plot allocations

MOLALATAU: In a case of double allocation of land in Molalatau, a residential plot has been developed inside the Botswana Television (Btv) transmission premises, prompting village authorities to seek Minister of Lands and Housing, Lebonaamang Mokalake's intervention.

An incomplete toilet structure and erected corner poles are visible inside the premises of a transmitter. Indications are that the plot was being developed until those working at the transmitter were ordered never to give the developer access onto the premises. The development of another plot inside the transmitter premises, according to the village councillor, Nathaniel Moribame, is contrary to the Botswana Power Corporation (BCP) advice that no plot should be allocated within a 100-metre radius from the transmitter.

In a letter to the minister signed by the councillor, Kgosi Solomon Pharithi and VDC chairman, Moroma Malema dated January 25, 2012, the village leaders called for the minister's intervention stating that Bobonong Sub Land Board has allocated new plots inside plots that had already been allocated. The letter also states that the land board has also made the village cemetery inaccessible by allocating plots on the road to the graveyard. It adds that the sub land board continues to allocate residential plots directly in front of Molalatau Junior Secondary School, the area that had been earmarked for village developments.

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