Drivers mourn as Kungana bridge in Taraba breakdowns

Motorists and commuters plying the Bali-Takum avenue on Monday lamented the fall down of the Kungana bridge which they described as a dying trap.

The motorists in an interview with The PUNCH advised the Federal Government to urgently restoration the collapsed bridge to shop the lives of humans plying the road.

When our correspondent visited the area, locals had been viewed controlling visitors jams on the failed element of the bridge.

Musa Ayuba who used to be helping in directing visitors appealed to the applicable authorities to tackle the situation.

“This bridge started out failing shut to two months in the past and nothing was once accomplished till it receives this bad.

“Two weeks ago, a vehicle had an accident right here and many human beings had been injured. As you can see, a lengthy stretch of the bridge has been definitely washed off following a heavy downpour.”

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A motorist, Tyodoo Adem on his section known as on the Federal Government to pace up motion to shop the bridge from whole collapse.

When contacted, an respectable of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency in Taraba State, Minkailu Ibrahim, stated the enterprise has despatched a notion to the headquarters related to the nation of the bridge.

“We have despatched a notion to the headquarters regarding the bridge. Our contractor too is already on the ground, however the rains ought to end earlier than any predominant repairs can be carried out on the bridge. In the interim, we have been doing minor restore works on the bridge,” he said.