Temeke
Municipal Council (TMC) has been urged to reconstruct a 1.3km stretch
of road connecting Mbosi and Pugu roads, which is in an appalling
situation.
The route which is used by industries, corporate bodies, traders
and motorists has been reconstructed three times at tarmac level but
remains in a very dilapidated state for a long time thus limiting a
healthy business environment.
Preliminary information availed to this paper indicated that the
business community in the area, including the large corporate bodies and
companies, had okayed plans to complement the authority’s move to
repair the road.
There have been prolonged delays in the implementation of the plan which was initially agreed on since 2011.
Barua Ramadhan Barua, the chairman of Saza group and a member of a
small traders’ union told reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the
road became severely damaged during the 2013 downpour.
“The road has not been conducive to the people and businesses
whether in rainy or dry season. During heavy rains water remains
stagnant for as long as two months,” he said.
“We don’t sell our goods at all. We are forced to acquire water
pumps on lease to flush water at a cost of 20,000/- per day,” he
revealed.
The city’s largest hardware store is home to about 800 traders most
of whom sell and buy house construction materials such as doors,
windows, rooftop materials and steel.
He went on to claim that the community has made several attempts to
communicate the matter to Temeke Municipal but little efforts have been
made to address the problem.
“We only thank the authority for agreeing to set up water pipes to
flush the water pending the reconstruction of the road,” added Issa Said
Kwasa, the chairman of Chang’ombe Development Material group. Kwasa was
concerned that as long as the road was not maintained business at the
area would continue to go down and that families around the area were
experiencing waterborne diseases.
Ester Sanga, also a businesswoman at the area, noted that customers
feared using the road since their vehicles developes tyre punctures due
to the dilapidated state of the road.
According to a letter signed by the then acting permanent secretary
in the Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administration and Local
Government, Mohamed Pawaga, dated June 30, 2015 and copied to the
municipal director and representatives of the business community showed
that TMC had sought approval of about 1.2bn/- loan from Bank ABC to
finance the reconstruction.
Attempts to get the municipal’s comment proved futile but a senior
official in the authority who spoke on anonymity said reconstruction of
the road was scheduled for July, this year.
The officer said all preliminary surveys and feasibility studies have been commissioned.
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