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Rumbidzai Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau
The District Development Fund (DDF) has launched the emergency road repair programme in Manicaland to improve trafficability of roads affected by the heavy rains received this season.
Nyazvidzi parallel road in Buhera became the first to benefit from the fund which will see more communities across the province benefitting from a $40 million fund from the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara).
DDF provincial manager Mr Robert Chawatama said the province was still assessing more roads that had been destroyed by the rains.
“So far we have identified 49 roads with a total of 1 307km. We are still carrying out assessment of more roads in the province. A contractor, Field of Hope, has been mobilised to start work on Nyazvidzi parallel road in Buhera district, a stretch of about 96km,” he said.
Manicaland has a total rural road network of 4 205km of which 95 percent is in a deplorable state due to the incessant rains.
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