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The Chief Executive of the Sierra Leone Road Maintenance Fund Mr. Mohamed Kallon has congratulated the Government of Tanzania through the Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) for the construction of bridges and roads using stones.
Speaking to journalists, the Chief Executive has said that they are happy with the technology, which significantly reduces construction costs and also uses the raw materials available in the area.
He said that their coming to this country is to learn the construction and maintenance of district roads in planning areas, the participation of citizens and the use of alternative technologies.
“Citizens of Sierra Leone are producers and most of them live in villages, so using stone technology will make it easier for them to transport their produce from the fields to the markets”.
He added that among the five agendas of the President of his country is to feed Sierra Leone, so the important thing is to open the road to sell and transport produce from the farmers.
In terms of the participation of citizens (social groups), he said that they have seen it as a good opportunity to come to Tanzania to study because they do not use the method of social groups, but TARURA has already succeeded in the implementation of their projects in the district.
The Chief Executive of TARURA Engineer Victor Seff has said that the use of road construction raw materials such as existing stones at the work site reduces the cost of building bridges and roads by more than 40 percent.
In terms of the participation of social groups in the construction and maintenance of roads, Engineer Seff has said that through the rural road improvement project, which is a simple loan from the World Bank, they are helping to establish, train and empower those groups to carry out road maintenance work professionally. and focus.
“The big advantage of using those groups is that it reduces costs because they come from the same places when they pass the road, it also helps to protect the road infrastructure including road signs because they realize that the road is their property”, he said.
However, Engineer Seff added that they like TARURA are ready to cooperate with Sierra Leone by providing teaching experts where needed.
A team of leaders and experts from Sierra Leone are in the country to study the construction and maintenance of district roads in planning areas, citizen participation and alternative technologies and they expect to visit some social groups in Njombe Region.
