Tanzania, Nov. 17 -- Dar es Salaam/Mbeya. Vice President Philip Mpango yesterday issued ten directives as part of efforts to protect and preserve the country's water sources and fight climate change impacts.

This comes at a time when Dar es Salaam and Coast region have been hit by an acute water shortage, prompting President Samia Suluhu Hassan to unveil the government's short and long-term plans to ease water rationing.

Read: Samia's short and long term measures to end water woes

The plans include connecting the city with deep wells at Kigamboni, which will pump about 70 million litres per day into the city, and the Kidunda water reservoir project.

Dr Mpango issued the directives at the launch of a major water conservation plan, sayi...