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Mpulungu councillor urges government to help ZNS rehabilitate roads

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Mpulungu District Council Chairman, Gehard Sikazwe, has appeald to the government to assist the Zambia National Service (ZNS) speed up the rehabilitation of the roads leading to farming blocs  before the onset of the rainy season.

In an interview with ZANIS, Sikazwe feared that agriculture inputs, such as
fertilizers and seeds, may not reach the farmers on time  because of the poor state
of the roads in the areas.

He said although ZNS are doing a commendable job in trying open up the roads,
government must step in and assist them with any machinery and fuel to finish their
work in time.

Mr Sikazwe said currently transporters are having a tough time transporting maize
and other agriculture produce from the farming blocs to the market because of the
poor state of the roads.

He said the roads will be made worse when the rainy season begins as they will
become impassable, a situation that he said may lead to last year’s experience when
some foods were left to rot  in the farming blocs.

Meanwhile the council chairman has challenged the Chambeshi Water and Sewerage
Company to improve their water provision service to the residents of Mpulungu.

Mr Sikazwe said the water utility company must capitalize on the vast water
resources on lake Tanganyika to improve their record in proving safe and clean water
on a 24 hours basis.

He said Mpulungu should be one of the many districts in the country where water
shortages and rationing must be made history because of its abundant water resource.

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