Tanzania gets funds to maintain cleanliness along SGR line

Tanzania SGR

A carriage for the Tanzania SGR project. The Tanzanian government has received Tsh1.4 billion ($599,000) funding which will be used to maintain the environment along the construction line of the third and fourth phases of its SGR. PHOTO | ERICKY BONIPHACE | AFP

The Tanzanian government has received Tsh1.4 billion ($599,000) from the International Standard Chartered Bank Ltd which will be used to maintain the environment along the construction line of the third and fourth phases of its standard gauge railway (SGR).

Tanzania Railways Corporation’s Director-General Masanja Kadogosa Tuesday said that the money would be used to maintain the ecology along the line through which the SGR line passes between Makutupora and Tabora then to Isaka, covering 427 kilometres.