Transport Ministry in Dire Straits.

(From Zimbabwe Standard - AAGM)

Byline: Tafara Tandi

Failure by the government to allocate sufficient funds to the Ministry of Transport and Communication, which received only $11,898bn out of the proposed $35,694bn last year, has seen a stagnation in road construction and maintenance work.

Hardest hit by this problem are newly resettled areas, which badly need roads and bridges for use by the new farmers.

Under its chaotic fast track land reform exercise, the government resettled villagers in remote areas - including nature conservancies - which do not have any infrastructure such as roads and bridges.

Zimbabwe's cash-strapped …