Tanzania’s new electric Standard Gauge Railway. In the past month, at least three bridges have been vandalised as thieves made off with metal equipment for scrap.
Tanzania is scrambling to stop vandalism of its new electric standard gauge railway (SGR) infrastructure after two incidents in recent weeks disrupted train services from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
The issue reached the floor of Parliament on Tuesday after legislators raised it as a matter of urgency to protect an asset that has lately become Tanzania’s selling point for regional trade.
