Standup9ja: Flood washes off bridge linking South-west to
North
A bridge linking the North-West with the South-East at
Tatabu and Gidan Moin communities that was washed away by flood Photo: Ahmed
Tahir Ajobe
Flood occasioned by a downpour has washed off a bridge in
Tatabu and Gidan Moin communities linking the North-west around
Jebba/Mokwa/Kontagora axis with the South-west.
The road is one of the many federal highways linking Niger
State to other parts of the country.
Our correspondent learnt that three trucks and a Mazda van
were washed away by the flood.
Natives said the bridge which was in deplorable condition
gave way at 9pm Sunday as a result of high water current during a heavy rain
which lasted up to Monday. The situation resulted in a long traffic of vehicles
coming from the South-west and North-west.
“Motorists and passengers were trapped on both sides for two
days running,” a native, Abdulrahaman Sadiq, told our correspondent on phone
yesterday.
He said smaller vehicles now diverted through Pategi to
Enagi where they were ferried across River Niger.
Standup9ja learnt that the commissioners of works and
transport, Malam Abdulmalik Cheche and his information counterpart, Mr.
Jonathan Vatsa were on assessment visit to the area as at the time of filing
this report.
Vatsa told our reporter on phone that the situation was a
national emergency, and appealed to the Federal Government to immediately
moblise for the reconstruction of the bridge, while also calling for the
renovation of all federal roads across the state which he said had become a
death trap.
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