Msimbazi basin dwellers’ hopes high over WB project

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This is after the World Bank (WB) showed interest to finance the $260 million for the project

“Floods have been claiming the lives of people,” says a 62-year old Nassoro, as official data shows at least 40 people died in 2011 with another 12 of them losing their lives in 2020 floods. Mr Zuber who has been living in the area for 30 years now says families in the area were forced to relocate for a while during floods, with some sleeping on the roadside, which also affects the country’s economy. Floods are common in Dar es Salaam, with the Msimbazi River basin being the most affected part of the city, where an average of 950,000 cubic metres of soil are displaced each year. Few days ago, the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (Tarura) director general Victor Seif said in Dodoma that the anti-flood project was expected to officially start on December 31, this year and will be implemented in six years.

Msimbazi basin dwellers’ hopes high over WB project

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