Road in North Darfur blocked ‘for land sale’
Residents of villages west of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, have called on the authorities to re-open the main road between the area south of Shala and their villages. Since more than two weeks, traffic at the road is banned by barricades. According to the affected residents, “stakeholders” blocked the road in order to sell plots of lands in the area to businessmen with the purpose of brick production. “Some have already started with the construction of kilns,” a villager informed Radio Dabanga. On Thursday, the villagers officially demanded from the state’s Minister of Urban Planning and the commissioner of El Fasher locality to visit the area and intervene to solve the problem. File photo: Road between El Fasher and Zamzam camp
Residents of villages west of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, have called on the authorities to re-open the main road between the area south of Shala and their villages.
Since more than two weeks, traffic at the road is banned by barricades. According to the affected residents, “stakeholders” blocked the road in order to sell plots of lands in the area to businessmen with the purpose of brick production. “Some have already started with the construction of kilns,” a villager informed Radio Dabanga.
On Thursday, the villagers officially demanded from the state’s Minister of Urban Planning and the commissioner of El Fasher locality to visit the area and intervene to solve the problem.
File photo: Road between El Fasher and Zamzam camp
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