By ANDREW MUKOMAGWEMBE Valley Must Develop (GVMD) society advocates have petitioned Infrastructure and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi over the deplorable state of the bottom road.The advocates have complained that despite the road being significant to the valley people of Chirundu, Siavonga, Gwembe, Sinazongwe, parts of Kalomo and Zimba districts, the previous government did not pay much attention to improving the road network connectivity in those areas.Winter Muvombo, the lead advocate has told the Daily Nation that people of the valley felt neglected by the past governments and therefore, the onus was on the UPND government to redeem itself and fulfill the people’s plights.He said that people are having challenges in movements because of the poor road network in the hilly terrain.Mr Muvombo said, during the colonial rule, government displaced the Tonga people of the valley from the ecologically rich Zambezi River plains due to the construction of the World Bank funded hydroelectric power generating […]
MILUPI PETITIONED OVER GWEMBE BOTTOM ROAD
