Heavy rains that have been pounding Mozambique’s northern Nampula province have cut the rail link with Malawi, rail officials said on Monday.
The railway line between Mozambique’s Nacala port to Malawi was interrupted, when the downpours damaged a 30-metre stretch of track of the Northern Development Corridor (CDN), the privately-led consortium that holds the lease on the Nacala port and rail system.
According to the CDN, the consortium is running at a loss amounting to US$1 million a day due to the damage.
CDN director Fernando Couto told APA that the line was cut in the district of Nampula-Rapale, west of the provincial capital, Nampula city, forcing CDN to stop all trains along the line.
« The torrential rains washed away a culvert over which the line crossed, and the soil and ballast that supported the tracks, and this will take about five days to repair the damage, assuming that it stops raining », said Couto.
« The five day interruption of traffic will cost the company several millions of dollars », he added.
Tuesday 29 January 2008
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