People who have illegally turned their houses into business buildings in Chipata to be charged.

People who have illegally turned their houses into business buildings in Chipata face being charged by the local authority.
Chipata Municipal Council Public Relations Officer, Tonga Kaonga says that this is in an effort to bring sanity as the district is in the process of attaining city status.
Ms. Kaonga says that the council has realised that a lot of residential places have been turned into business houses without authority from the council.
Ms. Kaonga told Breeze News that there is also an increase in the number of people developing buildings illegally.
And Ms. Kaonga says that the council is working on the roads that have been damaged in the district.
She says that she is aware that a number of roads have been damaged with the onset of the rains.
Ms. Kaonga says that Sable Construction Company has been asked to start patching potholes while the council is unblocking the blocked drainages.