adminFrom Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi
Villagers in Chikombedzi are appealing to Government to urgently build two new bridges along the Runde River after floods swept away the existing ones, isolating them from Chiredzi Town and the rest of the country. The villagers want Government to build bigger bridges at Chipinda and Chilonga.
Traveling to Chiredzi and Beitbridge is now a nightmare for villagers in southern Chikombedzi as Runde River burst its banks and buried all small bridges following heavy rains.
“Government should do something to help us because we have been virtually cut-off from the whole country by the floods in Runde River which buried all the big and small bridges.
“We need two bigger bridges that are not at the mercy of floods,’’ said Mr Helani Chauke from Sengwe.
Chiredzi South House of Assembly representative Brigadier-General (Retired) Callisto Gwanetsa said villagers in his area were now even finding it hard to acquire identity documents and to visit the health referral centre at Chiredzi District Hospital.
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