One morning as I was going
to work I noticed my neighbor had hired a workman to dig a soakaway. This was
the period of intense rainfall. I wondered
why such project couldn’t wait after the rains. Within two days, the ten-feet soakaway
was ready.
Disaster was lurking around. The landlord then called a bricklayer
to do the block work. The bricklayer inspected the work and realized he needed
more hands. So, he left to search for
workers. While away there was a heavy collapse: part of the building collapsed
inside the soakaway. The soakaway was close to the foundation of the building on roofing level. So there had been a pull on it.
When the bricklayer came back, he was shocked to see the
calamity which would have claimed his life.
The landlord too was
thanking God for averting the disaster, otherwise he would have been in
trouble. Following this incidence, he ordered that the soakaway be covered back
immediately.
WARNING TO ALL
Digging a soakaway
during the rains is inappropriate. It is far better to wait after the rains
before carrying out this project.
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