Kilosa — THE
tunneling work for Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Morogoro to
Makutupora in Dodoma has reached 54 per cent, as Permanent Secretaries
yesterday expressed their satisfaction on
the progress of the flagship
project.
The Morogoro-Dodoma
section is characterised by hills with hard rocks, particularly in
Kilosa District, Morogoro region where currently the excavation is going
on using the drilling and blasting methods.
According to
Consultancy Engineer, Amir Hamisi, from the Korea Rail Road- JV, the
line will have a total of four tunnels passing under the hills; the
longest one will have a length of 1.8 kilometres.
The engineer was briefing Permanent Secretaries (PSs) from different ministries who paid visit to the project yesterday.
The ministries' technocrats were scheduled to inspect the whole project from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam.
Yesterday they had
the opportunity to inspect the project from Dodoma to Morogoro and they
will today continue from Morogoro to Dar es Salaam.
Eng Hamisi said
drilling tunnels was one of difficult work for the construction of the
Morogoro- Makutupora section as the area has many hills with hard rocks.
Elaborating on
developments of the drilling work, he said, tunnel number one is
currently at excavation stage which has been completed by 93 per cent.
He said they're now
making final touches to tunnel number two, while tunnel number three
and four are at the preparations stage for the drilling work.
"In making tunnels we use either drilling or explosion depending on type of rock," Eng Hamisi said.
Permanent Secretary
in the Works, Transport and Communication Ministry Dr Leonard Chamuriho
said construction works for phase two of the project from Morogoro to
Dodoma have been completed by 25.8 per cent.
"The job which has
been done so far is big and we're satisfied with the speed," Eng
Chamuriho stated. His remarks were echoed by chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC), Prof John Kondoro.
The Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs, Prof Sifuni
Mchome, who led the delegation, expressed their satisfaction on the
progress of the project. "We have really been amazed with the ongoing
construction works.
I call upon Tanzanians to ignore individuals who downplay the execution of the project," Prof Mchome urged.
The PS said it was
important for them to visit and assess the project instead of just
convening for meetings to discuss something which they had no idea how
it looked like.
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