The water levels at the Kazungula
border post across the Zambezi River has continued to rise making it difficult
for the pontoons to dock.
The situation has resulted from the
continued heavy rainfall that has beeng experienced in the area the past few
days.
A check by ZANIS at the border post
reviewed that pontoons are now taking as long as 15 minutes to cross over the
Zambezi river as opposed to the usual five minutes journey to reach the other
side of the river.
One of the truck drivers interviewed
on condition that he remains anonymous, said the rising water levels at the
border post has increased the water current making the pontoons’ movements
across the Zambezi River to be slow.
He said the situation has added on to
the already existing congestion of trucks at the border post.
The man wondered why the construction
of a Bridge across the Zambezi river at the border post was taking too long to
be implemented.
He however, expressed hope that the
new government under the Patriotic Front (PF) would look into the matter and
speed up the process.
In a related development, people of
Kanchele area in Kazungula district are in dare need of a bridge across Ngwezi
River as they are now cut off from the rest of the district.
Area Ward Councilor Bernard Siloka
said people’s movements are now restricted following the heavy rainfall being
experienced which has resulted in over flooding of the Ngwezi stream.
Mr Siloka said people in his area no
longer cross the river on foot as they used to do for fear of being swept away
by the strong current.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in
Kazungula yesterday, Mr Siloka said there is need to construct the long awaited
Nanyati Bridge across the Ngwezi stream to easy the movements of people.
Mr Siloka charged that people
have now resorted to use a long route to connect to Livingstone town by
Nyawa-Zimba route.
He said people from Makunka can no
longer go to Kanchele and vice versa due to non availability of a bridge across
Ngwezi River adding that school going children are the most disadvantaged.
In another development, Simango Ward
Councilor Fackson Inonge has said expecting mothers in his ward are finding it
difficult to use the only reliable route of Simango-Kabuyu road when referred
to Livingstone General Hospital due to its bad state.
Mr Inonge said the road is in a
terrible state especially during the rainy season and called upon relevant
authorities to intervene on the matter.
ZANIS
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