Tag Archives: Portia Kajanga

District News

Thabwa-Fatima road construction to meet required international standards

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East Bank Road
Chikwawa East Bank Road: PICTURE CREDIT: Steve Chirombo, Malawi News Agency (Mana)

Dembo , Chikwawa, October 6, 2017: National Roads Authority Spokesperson Portia Kajanga has trashed assertions that the construction of the Thabwa – Chitseko – Seveni road was temporary in nature.

“This project is part of the Malawi Flood Emergency Recovery Project (MFERP) under World Bank Funding. The project intends to upgrade the 59 km road from earth to bitumen surface with improvements to drainage structures including bridges,” she told Mana in an interview in Nsanje, Friday. Continue reading Thabwa-Fatima road construction to meet required international standards →

Environment, Technology

Time Bomb Ticks at Salima’s Kamuzu Bridge

Maravi Post correspondent
The damaged part of Kamuzu Bridge- pic by Mana

The District Commissioner for Salima, Rodney Simwaka, has warned the public that the road to Kamuzu Bridge on the M5 Road has been damaged.

The road which runs from Balaka to Salima has been damaged by heavy water flows in the Linthipe River and is posing a threat to road users as the road and the bridge may be cut off anytime.

According to Simwaka, the council has been reporting the threat to National Roads Authority (NRA) since it started developing sometime in January but the Roads Authority has taken no action. Continue reading Time Bomb Ticks at Salima’s Kamuzu Bridge →