Sinazongwe district partially connected as another culvert is about to collapse

Sinazongwe district that was cut off from the rest of the country following the collapse of a culvert along Maamba/Batoka road have been temporarily connected.

A check at the site where a culvert collapsed at Sinakasikili near Maamba Township found workers that were contracted by Road Development Agency (RDA) working on the culvert without any machinery to compact the soil.

In the evening on Tuesday they managed to fill one lane to allow stranded motorist to pass on a road that was rehabilitated last year.

However, another culvert at Vwavwa near Sinazeze township is about to collapse and if measures were not taken urgently the district risks being cut off for the third time this year.

Last month the temporal bridge collapsed at Sinazeze’s Sikalamba stream leaving several motorist stranded
And Malima people in Chief Sinazongwe area were still cut off from the rest of the district and some of them have resorted to using Lake Kariba using boats to come to Sinazongwe Township for them to proceed to Choma district to conduct their business.

Both Malima ward Councilor Fisher Zimana and Sinenge ward Councilor Joe Siabula confirmed the development that people in their wards needs to be helped to save them from the floods.

Last week Mr Siabula said several people were stranded and 65 houses and 15 toilets were razed down.

He said the people whose houses were washed away have been accommodated in Churches and Schools.

Meanwhile the road leading to Sinazongwe Township has become impassable and only with four wheel drive vehicles were managing to pass through the muddy area in the ZAMBEEF farm.