First Phase of Tanzania's SGR likely to miss deadline

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  

In 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.

By EMMANUEL ONYANGO

Tanzania is unlikely to meet the November deadline for the first phase of the 300km-long $1.9