NJOMBE, May 13 -- THE Tanzanian government, through the Tanzania Rural Road Agency (TARURA) in Njombe Region, has intensified road infrastructure development, a move credited with accelerating economic and social transformation in the region.

Speaking to media outlets on the implementation of development projects in Njombe, the government spokesperson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Gerson Msigwa, said TARURA manages a road network stretching 5,208.04 kilometres across the region.

He said the network includes 95.51 kilometres of tarmac roads, 2,097.40 kilometres of gravel roads and 3,015.13 kilometres of earth roads.

Mr Msigwa noted that about 70.96 per cent of the roads, equivalent to ...