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serenata
Germany
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 17:10:48
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 18:29:17
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serenata, i think the primary issue here is cost. the road being built have different classes. what we might ''call'' A-class (auto-bahn) roads like the coast highway used gravel on top of the laterite. but these are terribly expensive since there is not gravel in the gambia, we import it in small volumes by truck from senegal paid for through loans.
the ones the government pays for are usually made from laterite from quarries in the Kombos. its a cheap local resource.
however even the laterite from the Kombos is not a good type, the best if found up country, Bansang area going east! but there are no quarries there are the road is too bad to economically bring them i guess. more like a Catch 22.
a lot of effort is being put to built good road pon both banks and hopefully they should be covered with gravel from east to west soon! |
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 18:43:08
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Yes, njucks, I heard that the government put a lot of new roads or the repairing of old ones on their agenda. I appreciate this - and most Gambians too, I think.
Concerning the quality of laterite I see something like a vicious circle: Good laterite is found upriver, where there are no roads, so it is not possible to build good roads with this material...
GTZ told me that during their Ruanda project (which is still continued) they did a lot of research on road construction in tropical countries, and set up some new standards. At least it could be interesting to have a look at their results. The people I contacted at GTZ were very friendly and cooperative. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 19:23:39
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| We have GTZ in the Gambia. Its a German Techincal Corporation. If i rememeber, they were involved in digging boreholes and wells around the country |
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 19:32:25
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quote:
Originally posted by kondorong
We have GTZ in the Gambia. Its a German Techincal Corporation. If i rememeber, they were involved in digging boreholes and wells around the country
GTZ is run by the German government as a (private) GmbH (a little bit contradictory, isn't it?). I saw that at the moment they are not working in Gambia, but have some projects in Senegal. See:
http://www.gtz.de/de/index.htm |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 20:44:14
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i dont know if they are actually there running programs but i do know that GTZ has been working with the forestry department for decades now. and its still going on i think. they are not very visble because they work mostly upcountry where Jayanfara's uncles have not cut down all the remaining trees for firewood.
but also GTZ funds a lot of studies as well in the gambia. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 21:09:19
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| Thats true Njuks. They are in Kiang(near Sankandi) and Fulladu (at YBK)working on forest enhancement. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 23:09:42
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| How about Yorobawol or sutukuding? |
There is no god but Allah |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 23:28:04
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| No they are not in Yoro Bawol yet. We dig our own wells. Self reliance please. The hand that gives is better than the hand that receives. Why should German tax payers build wells for us? |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 00:09:33
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| Because The Germans are richer than gambians and they are good people. |
There is no god but Allah |
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 12:56:12
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Thanks for the compliment, Lemontime - what do you want to drink?  |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 13:03:03
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| BITTER LEMON PLEASE. |
There is no god but Allah |
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 13:04:41
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quote:
Originally posted by LEMON TIME
BITTER LEMON PLEASE.
Of course - how could I ask. |
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