Deadline ya Dar-Moro SGR ilikuwa November 2019. Soma hii article ambayo iliandikwa 2019 ikieleza kwamba ujenzi hautakuwa umekamilika kabla ya deadline.
First phase of Dar SGR likely to miss deadline slowed by rains
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 03 2019
An aerial view of the Standard Gauge Railway line in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania will join Kenya and Ethiopia in running a modern railway service in the greater East Africa. PHOTO | EMMANUEL ONYANGO | NMG
Summary
- Bad weather has affected the laying of the tracks on concrete sleepers along the line and paralysed drilling works.
- The rains have also paralysed drilling works at a hill where a tunnel needs to pass through as well as building of bridges.
- The SGR will cover 1,457kms from Dar es Salaam to the shores of Lake Victoria, and will cost $7.5 billion over the next five years.
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By EMMANUEL ONYANGO
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Tanzania is unlikely to meet the November deadline for the first phase of the 300km-long $1.9 billion standard gauge railway being built between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.
Sources from the Tanzania Railways Corporation told
The EastAfrican that the current short rains have slowed laying of the tracks on concrete sleepers along the line.
The rains have also paralysed drilling works at a hill where a tunnel needs to pass through as well as building of bridges, which have to be constructed in dry weather.
Jamila Mbarouk of TRC said despite a slow down in construction, the SGR project is at an advanced stage. She said construction at various sites has reached 70 per cent.
Sources say the current short rains have slowed laying of the tracks on concrete sleepers.
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