Sandang’ombe Ward in Solwezi cut off from the rest of the District.

Government has directed the Solwezi District council to construct a bridge linking the town to Kifubwa farm block to ease the movement of goods and service for the community in the area.

 

And FARMERS in Kifubwa farm block in Sandangombe ward in Solwezi district have completely been cut off from the Central Business District following the collapse of the Kifubwa bridge.

 

Deputy Minister in the office of the Vice President Davies Mwango directed the council to quickly work on the road and the bridge to ease the transporting of people and services in the area.

 

 

Mr Mwango said as ther PF government was  committed to uplifting people’s living standards, he will not allow a situation where people’s lives were in danger even when such matters as lack of a bridge could easily be addressed.

 

ZANIS reports that the minister said this when he toured the farmining block in Solwezi District today.

 

 

The deputy Minister is in North Western province to inspect disaster prone areas and projects funded by DMMU.

 

 

Mr Mwango assured Kifubwa residents that government would soon construct a permanent bridge on the Kifubwa river to end the misery they had been subjected to for many years of the MMD government.

 

 

And FARMERS in Kifubwa farm block in Sandangombe ward in Solwezi district have completely been cut off from the Central Business District following the collapse of the Kifubwa bridge.

 

 

The concerned Kamalemba corporative farmers lamented that they now expect poor yields in the 2013/2014 farming season due to non -delivery of fertiliser to the area.

 

They says this was because of lack of a bridge to facilitate transportation of farm inputs across the Kifubwa river .

 

The farmers told Mr Mwango and his delegation that the deplorable state of the road leading to Kifubwa farm block had hindered them from accessing health services located on the other side of the river.

 

 

They said that the situation had become a source of concern as most pregnant women in the area were forced to give at home or with the help of traditional health attendants.