The Road Development Agency (RDA) made partial repairs to the bridge at Sikalamba stream near Sinazeze township last month after it was damaged and blocked several motorists.
Sinazongwe district, which was cut off yesterday for the third time this year, has two other culverts that have been washed away and a third one which was still being worked on by RDA.
Both Sinazongwe MMD District Secretary Jeff Kayamba and Nkanddabwe ward councilor Partson Mangunje confirmed the development.
Mr Kayamba said the situation was more serious than ever before and people were talking ill of government for failing to find a permanent solution for the past two years since the temporal bridge was fixed.
Last month the MMD condemned the Road Development Agency (RDA) for negligence over the collapsing of the temporal bridge at Sikalamba stream.
Mr. Kayamba said RDA officials were allegedly contributing to the weakening popularity of the ruling party in the area because of the bad state of the roads infrastructure in the district.
He said RDA should build a permanent bridge at Sikalamba stream where a temporal bridge was mounted two years ago when the area experienced floods.
The Maamba/Batoka road was rehabilitated last year at a cost of more than K26 billion.
In another development Mweezhya ward councilor Bernard Syanyambwe has disclosed that people in Siyalwala area have run out of mealie-meal, 15 houses have collapsed and roads have become impassable.
He said the situation has become pathetic if nothing was done people would die of hunger.
We have emergency situations here,where government needs urgently to release money to work on this bridge and yet the Vice President was busy advocating for NCC delegates to get K5bn each at the expense of infrastructure development. Misplaced priorities at its best..MMD the time is ticking, prepare for your exit.
These are the places RB and his team should be visiting and not gallivanting in China
How about diverting that money MMD wants to give Zim Free to the Maamba road. This is pathetic to say the least.
I was almost convinced Kalambo is neglected…. this happens year in and year out! Well Kalabo, you are in Good Blessed roadless bridgeless company!
I was almost convinced Kalabo is neglected…. this happens year in and year out! Well Kalabo, you are in Good Blessed roadless bridgeless company!
:):)please ,the govt help the district of sinazongwe,we dont need temporal things,we need parmanent bridges.there is no need for politicking solve the issueat hand.both ruling and opposition party,let us put our heads together,lest people die