The Manager of the Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) of Singida Region, Engineer Tembo David, has said that until now they have received Sh.

No.

10.314 equal to 48 percent of the approved budget for road maintenance in the Fiscal Year 2022/2023.

He explained this today, March 10 this year at the 46th session of the Road Board of the Region, under its Chairman who is also the Head of the Region, Peter Serukamba.

"We were allocated a budget of Shs.

21,436,781,239.08 for the management, construction and maintenance of roads and until February 28 this year we had implemented the maintenance plan for 66 percent," said Engineer David.

Also a budget of Sh. 20.159 billion for the management and maintenance of Km.

893.55 of the roads of the Region for the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 prepared by TARURA has been presented at the meeting.

He said that 24 percent of the road network in the region are passable throughout the year, 30 percent are satisfactory and that 46 percent are in bad condition, they are passable with difficulty and sometimes communication is interrupted especially during the spring.

TANROADS MANAGER of Singida Region, Engineer Msama Msama (All photos by Editha Majura).

And the Manager of the Road Agency (TANROADS) of the Singida Region, Engineer Msama K.Msama, among other things, said that 69.6 percent of the roads in the region are in good condition, 24.6 percent are in average condition and 5.8 percent are in bad condition. .

"This percentage of bad roads is due to the existence of roads that have been upgraded from district to regional, but efforts are being made to keep them in good condition," said Engineer Msama.

The encroachment of road reserve areas for different activities including construction and agriculture has been mentioned by these institutions as a challenge for the implementation of their activities, a situation explained as continuing to be handled in different ways.

While TANROADS advises land experts to participate in road board meetings to have equal understanding in the implementation of their responsibilities, TARURA has said that they have allocated funds for demarcating road reserves and have started putting road name plates so that they can be recognized.