MChief Malama’s area in Mambwe district of Eastern Province has been cut off from the rest of the district following the collapse of culverts after heavy rains.
District Commissioner Philimino Banda told ZANIS in an interview that the chiefdom which is in the valley area was cut off from Mambwe.
Mr Banda explained that a number of culverts have collapsed following heavy rains.
He stated that the recent road rehabilitation by Rural Roads Unit (RRU) did not include reconstruction of culverts despite the Malama road having a number of streams.
“You need to find out if it has been raining before you go to the area otherwise you get stuck, the culverts are collapsed” he said.
The area becomes impassable and in need of food aid during rainy seasons.
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Oh dear too much rain sorry number one comment
So why no culverts up to now someone tell us please
We could easily avoid such problems if all things were done in a transparent manner. This road was just being worked on recently. The water levels have nit even become saturated yet and we are losing bridges. God help us
Our President is ranked number 12. What about our bridges and roads? I thought these go together.
#2 If it was a PF run District, the VP would be jumping up and down like a beserk locust heaping blame on the PF. What we need is to go back to the Colonial System where for so many miles there was a camp of Public Works Dept staff to constantly check and repair infrastructure.