Engineers at the eThekwini Municipality have raised the alarm about the poor state of the city's sewer infrastructure, arguing should maintenance not be done urgently, the system faces a "high risk" of collapsing completely.
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The engineers have warned if urgent maintenance and refurbishment was not carried out urgently, the city's sanitation infrastructure would collapse, resulting in environmental and public health disasters.