Govt to accelerate road rehab in urban centres

GOVERNMENT is accelerating road rehabilitation projects in urban centres across Zimbabwe under a joint operation with several organisations, Local Government and Public Works minister Daniel Garwe has said.

The Nhimbe/Ilima programme is a collaborative effort between local authorities, the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), the Transport and Infrastructural Development ministry and the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency.

Speaking during an interaction with the local authorities in Harare yesterday, Garwe said it was important to have a functional local government system that contributed towards achieving national development.

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