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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has started erecting a servitude fence on a 50km stretch along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway as part of measures to reduce road carnage caused by stray and wild animals.

Workers were on Monday busy clearing bushes ahead of major works.

TSCZ spokesperson, Mr Proctor Utete confirmed the developments saying the fencing programme will be extended to other highways.

“This is a massive projects we are implementing to reduce road carnage linked to wild and stray animals along most of the major highways,” he said.

“So far we have completed fencing the road linking Gweru and Bulawayo and will be working on the Bulawayo- Plumtree road. In addition the programme has taken off along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road covering 50km. The same concept will be applied along other major highways leading from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls, Beitbridge to Chirundu and the Gweru to Mutare roads.

“To reduce issues of vandalism of the fence, we are engaging villagers living close to these roads to help in putting up the fence. This enhances a partnership where we both look after the fence to safeguard human lives and that of livestock.”

He said they were mobilising more resources to ensure that the fencing programme is completed in the shortest possible time.

He said many lives had been lost on the country’s highways, which prompted TSCZ to intervene through erecting a servitude fence.

“The fence is being erected on both sides of the highway and we are very hopeful that at the end of the programme we will be able to save many lives by minimising road carnages caused by wild or domestic animals,” said Mr Utete.