By Virginia Njovo
Residents from ward 5 in Masvingo have expressed frustration over the poor state of the roads in the ward and town which worsened following recent rains received, demanding urgent attention and repairs.
Speaking during a ward feedback meeting organised by TellZim News on February 26, at Building Brigade Hall, one resident said roads in Ward 5 needed attention as it had become dangerous to drive due to potholes.
“Roads in this ward have turned into mini dams, the potholes have not been attended to for quite some time and it’s now not fashionable to drive around because the roads are in a sorry state,” said one resident.
Another resident said there seemed to be no effort from council to address the persistent problem.
Ward 5 councillor who is also deputy mayor Daniel Mberikunashe said efforts to rehabilitate the roads were in vain due to continuous heavy rains.
“State of roads across the city is bad and we cannot do anything to rehabilitate them due to continuous rainfall. It will be a stupid idea and waste of resources at the same time to continue attempting to rehabilitate the roads while it rains, we would rather wait for the dry season to do touch ups.
“We have tried to rehabilitate roads in our ward, we tried to put gravel in the potholes but it has been washed off by continuous rains,” said Mberikunashe.
Mberikunashe urged residents in his ward not to put sacks with sands on roads as it disturbed smooth movement of cars.
“As we are waiting for rains to stop I urge you not to put sacks on roads, it might work as an alternative but the way we put them will end up blocking smooth movement of cars,” said Mberikunashe.
