Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:33:30 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA A WOMAN and her child have died after being washed downstream by a strong current while attempting to cross the Ngwerere River in Chongwe district, Chongwe District Council chairperson Geoffrey Chuumbwe has said. And because of the bad state of the roads in the area which have been washed away by the heavy rains, it took the fire brigade almost a week to reach the area where the two had drowned to retrieve the bodies. Mr Chuumbwe expressed sadness over the loss of the two people, stating that most bridges and roads in the district had been washed away due to heavy rains that the district had witnessed recently. He said people in the area faced challenges in accessing certain areas as some sections of the roads had disappeared. “Ngwerere area is very bad. A lady and her child drowned last week in Ngwerere River […]
