THE Market Master reveals Honiara City Council’s plans to improve Central Market’s water system, despite limited budget lately stopping authority from measuring the unprotected food handling by vendors.

Plans are underway to improve the Honiara Central Market water system Mr Jimmy Hanson Riunga, the Market Master reveals in an exclusive interview with Island Sun.

Over the years it was obvious and most talked about in media, venders used cement floor to wash and prepare their goods and seawater for cleaning their produce which is described as unhygienic practice for customer consumption.

At the moment Mr Riunga said, the Honiara Central Market will be transforming its water system by installing stand-up pipes and water tanks because currently water is supplying only the sanitation block.

He said they have try their best, and with those plans it will support to reduce unhygienic practices to look at addressing Keep Honiara Market Clean, although budget still a major challenges that slows its operation.

Mr Riunga said, the Market for Change (M4C), a UN Women project will donate five 5000 litre tanks, and official handover and installation around four corners of the market will happen sometimes soon. Moreover, Mr Riunga said they has been working on putting a separate meter which will support them on water bill because the ablution block was contracted.

Improving the Honiara’s market water system Mr Riunga says it is important for addressing unprotected practices that venders using contaminated sea for washing vegetables and sea foods.

“If piping system of water improves so that we put standup pipe that would support to avoid people using sea water for washing fish, and help for regular water spraying of the cement floor,” Mr Riunga said.

Looking at the situation, Mr Riunga reaffirming water is the main problem saying water currently used are for sanitation block, and they already paid for separate mater after a consult made with Solomon Water.