Ujenzi wa Barabara ya Ndundu-Rufiji-Somanga-Kilwa!

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Ujenzi wa barabara ya Ndundu- Rufiji mpaka Somanga- Kilwa mpaka sasa umegharimu jumla ya shilingi zaidi ya bilioni 19, ambayo ina urefu wa kilometa 56, unategemewa kukamilika rasmi mwaka 2009.Taarifa iliyotolewa kwa waandishi wa habari waliombatana wajumbe wa bodi ya barabara ya mkoa wa Pwani, Imebainisha kwamba Barabara hiyo iliyotakiwa kukamilika baada ya miezi 30, lakini kwa sababu mbali mbali barabara hiyo inatarajiwa kukamilika rasmi hapo februari mwakani.Mradi huo unaotekelezwa na mkandarasi M.M.KHARAFI imekamilika kwa kiwango cha asilimia 13 tu, ambapo mkandarasi huyo ametoa ajira kwa wafanyakazi wapatao 410, ambao wanahudumu katika maeneo mbalimbali.Taarifa ya wakala wa barabara Mkoani Pwani imeongeza kwamba kuna vikwazo kadhaa vinavyokabili kukamilika haraka ujenzi wa barabara hiyo ikiwamo kuchelewa kutolewa kwa msamaha wa ushuru wa mafuta kwa mkandarasi wa barabara hiyo.Kikwazo kingine kikubwa ni shirika la umeme TANESCO kugoma kusimika upya nguzo zilizong’olewa wakati wa matengenezo ya barabara hiyo kwa madai ya kutaka kulipwa kama mradi mpya wa umeme hali ambayo imezoretesha kwa kiasi kikubwa utekelezaji wa mradi huo.

Dangerous!

This is dangerous, this guy was caught riding the bicycle with one hand and the other carrying the baby. This happened at the busy Bibi Titi Road.Any comments?
Photo: Guardian

2-year Old Boy Dies from Crush-Related Injury!

AUSTIN, MN (KTTC-TV) We have some very sad news to report following this weekend's accident that claimed four lives, it has now claimed a fifth.
The Minnesota State Patrol is reporting that one of the two surviving victims, 2-year-old Carter Newell, has died.
Family spokesperson Zach Morton says, "He was a sweet little boy."
2-year-old Carter Newell joins his mother as among the five people killed in a collision in Olmsted County that happened late Saturday, near Stewartville.
"Kyle asked where's Carter? Kyle is my 2-year-old and we had to tell him he went to heaven to see Jesus," says Morton.
The crash happened when a minivan was broadsided by a truck driven by 25-year-old Christopher Frisch of Winona. State Patrol says Frisch had a blood alcohol level of point-one-nine. He was unhurt in the crash.
For nearly a week, little Carter fought for his life at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
"The doctors told us this was going to happen, nothing can change the fact that it's horrible that he's gone, but it's a little bit of a relief to know he's not in pain anymore," says Morton.
Morton says even though it's been the ultimate nightmare scenario they're getting through.
"It was funny because everybody made mention that the nurse had smoothed his hair down and so one after another families came into the room, and she says you know everyone of you has said the same thing--that's not Carter you've got to take his hair spike it up and put it all over the place," says Morton.
A memorial has been set-up at the crash site..at the intersection of highway 30 and highway 63.
Four wooden crosses stand, along with a decorated post to represent where the car crash occurred.
"Completely just being overwhelmed and trying to just get through, feeling like you've cried so many tears there's no more to cry," says Morton.
The horrible incidents of that night have left a family in pieces.

Source: www.kttc.com

What European Media are Saying About Air France Accident!

Assuming that the Air France flight is lost at sea, here is what some media are saying about the accident, with translations provided by Google:
Paris Match: Lightning likely cause of the loss of Air France
"...A spokesman for Air France evokes the possibility of lightning: the plane has indeed gone through a thunderstorm with strong turbulence." (Un porte-parole d'Air France évoque l'hypothèse de la foudre : l'avion a en effet traversé une zone orageuse avec de fortes turbulence.)
Le Monde:
"It is not known at this time the causes of this disappearance. The possibility of a detour is 'clearly ruled out,' said Minister for Transport, Jean-Louis Borloo. According to François Brousse, communications director of Air France, the device has probably 'been struck.' But some experts doubt that lightning is the sole cause of the disappearance of the Rio-Paris flight, as Pierre Sparaco Specialist Civil Aviation [says]: 'Normally, lightning can not have serious consequences for an airplane.'
("L'hypothèse d'un détournement 'est clairement écartée', a déclaré le ministre en charge des transports, Jean-Louis Borloo . Selon François Brousse , directeur de la communication d'Air France, l'appareil a vraisemblablement 'été foudroyé.' Mais certains experts doutent que la foudre soit l'unique cause de la disparition du vol Rio-Paris, comme Pierre Sparaco , spécialiste de l'aéronautique civile. 'Normalement, la foudre ne peut pas avoir de conséquences graves pour un avion'.)
Le Parisien:
"Sarkozy does not exclude any hypothesis"
The Times of London:
"Air traffic controllers had their last contact with the aircraft about four hours into the flight, when the pilot said that he had hit severe turbulence. Exactly 15 minutes later, seven hours before it was due in Paris, the aircraft's systems sent automatic error messages reporting multiple electrical faults and, according to a statement from the Brazilian air force, lost cabin pressure.
"The combination of the two implied that the Airbus A330-200 - a plane with an excellent safety record - might have simply broken up in the storm. Officials held out little hope of there being any survivors.
"'The most likely thing is that the plane was hit by lightning. The plane was in a stormy area with strong turbulence, which provoked problems,' said François Brouse, Air France's director of communications.
"'We are probably facing an air catastrophe,' added Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the airline's chief executive. 'It's certainly no longer in the air now. It would have run out of fuel.''

Source: Airline BIZ Blog

Ajali Zaua Watu wawili Dar!

Watu wawili wamekufa na mmoja kujeruhiwa,katika ajali tofauti zilizotokea juzi usiku jijini Dar es salaam.

Kamanda wa Polisi wa Mkoa wa Ilala, Faustine Ishengoma, alisema ajali ya kwanza ilitokea saa 5 usiku katika eneo la Vingunguti, Barabara Nyerere.

Alisema katika ajali hiyo, mwanamke anayekadiriwa kuwa na umri wa miaka 30, alikufa kwa kugongwa na gari, ambayo hata hivyo namba zake za usajili hazuikuweza kufahamika.

Kamanda huyo alisema marehemu pia hajatambuliwa.

Alisema ajali nyingine ilitokea muda huohuo katika eneo la Kipawa na kusababisha kifo cha mwanaume anayekadiriwa kuwa na umri na umri wa miaka 35.

Ishengoma alisema marehemu huyo naye bado hajatambulika na gari lililomgonga halikusimama. marehemu wote wawili wamehifadhiwa katika chumba cha maiti cha hospitali ya Amana.

Source:Mwananchi

Basi Lateketea Kwa Moto!

Basi la abiri alililokuwa likitokea jijini Mwanza kuelekea Dar es salaam, limeungua moto na kuteketea.

Kaimu Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Mwanza, Elias Kalinga aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kuwa, basi hilo lilipata ajali hiyo jana saa 1:00 asubuhi kwenye eneo la Hunghumalwa lililo kwenye barabara ya Mwanza-Shinyanga wilayani Kwimba.

Alisema siku ya tukio basi la abiria aina ya Scania likiwa na abiria 15 liliwaka moto na kuteketea.

Alisema gari hilo lilipata ajali wakati likiwa limesima kwa ajili ya kupakia abiria huko eneo la Hunghumalwa na ndipo moto ulipozuka kutoka kwenye injini na kuunguza gari.

Kalinga alisema kuwa abiria waliokuwa kwenye gari walifanikiwa kutoka wakiwa salama huku mizigo waliyokuwa nayo ikiteketea kwa moto.Kamanda wa Polisi alisema chanzo cha moto huo bado hakijajulikana (Habari zaidi soma Mwananchi. www.mwananchi.co.tz).

Kazi ya Kuokoa Meli Yawa Ngumu!

Kazi ya kuokoa boti ya Mv Fatih, iliyozama katika bandari ya Zanzibar Ijumaa iliyopita, bado ngumu, baada ya jitihada za kutwa nzima ya jana kutofanikisha kuivuta hadi nchi kavu.

Awali, kazi ya uokoaji ilikuwa ikifanywa na wazamiaji 30 kutoka kikosi Maalum Cha Kuzuia Magendo(KMKM) na Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania(JWTZ), lakini jana hiyo vikosi zaidi vya uokoaji viliongezeka.

Vikosi hivyo vilifanikiwa kuivuta meli hiyo, lakini mnyororo ulikatika na hivyo kufanya meli hiyo izame tena baharini .

Sambamba na kufanyika kwa kazi hiyo, nao askari wa Kikosi Cha Kuzuia Ghasia(FFU) walikuwa hima kudhibiti vurugu na wizi katika eneo hilo lililokuwa limefurika watu.

Miongoni mwa vitu ambavyo vilikuwa vikiibwa ni magunia ya bidhaa mbalimbali ikiwamo vitunguu,viazi,nyanya juisi na magodoro.

Hadi jana jioni majira ya saa 12.00 jitihada za vikosi hivyo zilikuwa hazijazaa matunda.

Taarifa za awali, zilisema uzembe wa Shirika la Bandari Zanzibar ndio ulisababisha ajali hiyo kwa kuwa nahodha, Ussi ali alipiga simu na kuwaeleza udhaifu wa meli hiyo wakati ikiwa njiani na kutaka kusimama eneo la Chumbe, lakini uongozi wa bandari ulikataa na kumtaka nahodha huyo kwenda hadi bandari ya Malindi.

Wakati huohuo Taarifa zinasema kwamba waliokufa katika ajali hiyo wamefikia kumi.

(Habari zaidi tembelea www.mwananchi.co.tz ).

Source: Mwananchi