By Elia Chibwe

Lilongwe, August 17, Mana: Lilongwe City Council says it is committed to ensuring that development projects taking place within the city are completed on time by providing funds whenever needed.

Speaking after a media tour, on Friday in Lilongwe, Mayor for the city, Councilor Esther Sagawa said the commitment is in line with the need for delivery of quality works as they address challenges the contractors are facing.

"We all know that in every work there are challenges as presented by the contractors, but we will make sure that we provide the needed support so that they deliver a good job.

"We are committed to make sure that we finish the projects and therefore have funds to see the projects through” Sagawa said.

Sagawa said she was impressed with the status of projects from Msambachikho and Mphonongo bridge, among other projects.

"Today we were visiting some of projects that we have within Lilongwe City and we had a delegation comprising Mayor and deputy Mayor of Blantyre City, among other officials.

Mayor for Blantyre City, Councilor Joseph Makwinja said he learned a lot from the visit and hoped to replicate the lessons in Blantyre.

"I am impressed with what Lilongwe Mayor is doing. We have inspected more than seven projects which are almost complete” he said.

The one-day-media tour started from Area 38 at Msambachikho where Lilongwe City Council has constructed a school block, to area 2 where renovation of Bombe street is underway. before proceeding to area 12 where the council is renovating a street, among other places.

The development projects are being supported by the Malawi government, according to Sagawa.