Mangochi, January 30, 2015(MaraviPost): Heavy rains have cut-off a section of the Mangochi – Liwonde road, inconveniencing motorists and all other road users, the Roads Authority has confirmed.
The Authority’s Public Relations Officer, Portia Kajanga confirmed the development in an interview with Media. She said the affected area was Changali, the middle section of the 70kilometres stretch.
“Yes, I can confirm to you that the incessant rains have indeed destroyed the road at Changali which is a distance of 33kilometres from Mangochi and 37kilometres from Liwonde Turn – Off,” Kajanga said.
The road was cut–off in the early hours of Friday, according to Kajanga.
She said the district experienced heavy rains in the past two days as predicted by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services.
But Kajanga said a contractor was already on site to rebuild the affected road section while the authority’s engineers were assessing a possible alternative route which motorists would use while the road was being repaired.
“It will roughly take two to three days or less than that for the road to be open to traffic again,” she assured.
Following the persistent rains earlier this month, rivers flooded and cut – off some sections of the Monkey Bay–Golomoti road which has now been reopened.