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Susceptible Maamba/Batooka road to be rebuilt

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Road Development Agency (RDA) Acting Director Erasmus Chilundika has said the Maamba/Batooka road leading to Sinazongwe district which has become susceptible to flood s will be rebuilt this year.

Mr. Chilundika told ZANIS in a telephone interview that advertisement has already been placed in the newspapers for credible contractors to bid for the tender.

He said despite the floods that has washed away culverts and cut of the entire district from the rest of the country, the road has also reached the rehabilitation stage.

“We are calling on contractors to carryout a permanent repair works though in the mean time we will continue working on the emergencies,” Mr Chilundika noted.

Sinazongwe district has been cut from the rest of the country for the fourth time within one month two weeks with the latest on occurring on Wednesday.

The Acting Director said a Belly bridge would be mounted on collapsed culvert at Sikalamba stream in Sinazeze.

He said the bridge was temporal and would be removed during the dry season to pave way for the reconstruction of the entire road.

Mr. Chilundika said Southern Province was the hardest hit with floods this year though the Agency have undergone similar incidence of falling culverts along the Great East road because it has also reached the stage for rehabilitation.

He said the Belly Bridge would be brought on the site in Sinazongwe on Friday.

The Director noted that though the Belly Bridge to be brought was short it would be supported by providing an embankment to ensure that it fits on the stream.

Mr Chilunda pointed out that overloading of coal along the Maamba/ Batooka road has resulted into weakening the road which was built in 1960s.
[ZANIS]

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