By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Recently, I visited Imo
State and was on the Orlu-Owerri road. It is heartwarming that the road is
being rehabilitated because in August when I used it on my way to a wedding, it
was in such a dilapidated state.
But, sadly, the insensitivity of the firm handling the reconstruction work is turning what is otherwise a laudable project into a traumatic experience for the people. The dust that envelopes that road all day is so thick that even though most vehicles switch on their headlights on bright afternoons, it is still very difficult for drivers to see oncoming vehicles just a few meters away.
And because of this
thick cloud of dust, the motorists practically “drive blind”. One wonders what
it is usually like driving at night when the dust and darkness merge to
compound the situation. I shudder to imagine the implications of this.
But this is not even the really scary part of the story.
