Hundreds of motorists are stranded on the Kasama- Mbala road after the temporal bridge at Milima in Kasama that was washed away.
The Milima bridge connects Kasama district to other districts of the province including Mbala, Senga and Mpulungu, respectively.
It also the provincial capital to Nakonde in Muchinga province.
The washing away of the temporal bridge comes at the time when the Road Development Agency (RDA) is working on the main bridge.
A check by ZANIS at the site this morning found trucks and other vehicles waiting on either side of the bridge.
And Kasama District Commissioner Kelly Commissioner Kelly Kashiwa who rushed at the scene explained that RDA has mobilized to do emergency works on the main bridge so that it can allow flow of traffic.
Mr Kashiwa said the RDA will compact the remaining part of the main bridge to allow the smooth flow of traffic.
He said RDA will later continue with the works so that the bridge is perfected.
Mr. Kashiwa however bemoaned the collapse of the bridge stating that the road is the main gateway for the province to Muchinga and the neighboring Tanzania.
And a Kasama motorist, Obby Chisala has praised government for its quick intervention to enable the flow of traffic.
Mr. Chisala is however confident that the road will be repaired before the end of the day so that traffic can flow.
By broadcast time RDA were still working on the main bridge to facilitate flow of traffic.
The floods are here yet again…may God intervene
You build and your best civil engineers certify a sub standard workmanship bridge albeit checking stability of the ground then you want to turn to God to build another one for you or what? Maybe God has to take away the rainfall but the obstructionist structures man puts across natural waterways will continue to be washed away if they do not conform with free flow of the waterways.
The contractor was as slow as a snail
This is really sad…so these have being cut off from the rest of Kasama
That is a “TEMPORARY” bridge, as opposed to a “PERMANENT” one. LT editors please do your job.
What is a temporal bridge? A bridge that is worldly??
So sad… really bad for the people of this area
@ Palesa Dlamini
Why is your lamentation appearing among the comments about the collapsed temporary bridge of Milima/Kasama?
Did your faithless husband drop into the river there, or what?
In Zambia everything is incompetent — starting with the framing of this article. TEMPORARY. Mwe bantu mwe! Even when dictionaries are electronic you cannot check your work before print shuwa!???
The Lundazi River bridge washed last year remains un repaired. Many lives have been lost since then and PF government does not care. Meanwhile, Milima bridge being washed away is receiving national attention and RDA is mobilising resources to repair it. All because Lundazi is in a wrong province. Lundazi people wake up with your votes.
Another sontapo
Everyone must go and leave in Lis Angels as recommended by Lusambo. Roads there are good and who knows you may just be pals with Lusambo in those neighborhoods
Everyone must go and leave in Lis Angels as recommended by Lusambo. Roads there are good and who knows you may just be pals with Lusambo in those neighborhoods
Morkel Du Preez ?
Marty Zinnemers are you still at Isanga Bay?
This is how Pf gets its corrupt money over pricing a project then building it with rubbish