Last week, a moving train killed a Kaduna-based woman, Selimat Suleiman along Kaduna-Abuja rail line, according to Shehu Sani, a Senator formerly representing Kaduna Central.
The woman was reportedly crushed in her car while trying to cross the rail line.
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According to Sani, the community where the woman lived had written letters to concerned authorities clamouring for a flyover to avert such incidents, but their cries fell on deaf ears.
The residents of the community through their association ‘Chikakore (Byazhin) Kuwba Layout Landlords Association’ had on March 29, 2016, written a letter to the Minister of Transport and Director of Rail Transport Services. They requested an overhead bridge be constructed in the area.
The residents, in the letter, said considering the fact that Layout is one of the high-density populated areas along the Abuja-Kaduna rail track, with over 12 worship centres, seven educational institutions that include both nursery, primary, and secondary schools and a proposed market place, there is a need for the government to construct the bridge in order to allow for easy usage of the rail line by both the residents and trains.
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“The Association hereby formally writes and requests as a matter of urgency for your Ministry to authorize the contractor to provide an overhead bridge across the rail track for our usage.
“This request is premised on the nature of the train, which we believe will be one of the modern fastest trains which will impose a lot of dangers and possible casualties to our trains children and elderly impose while crossing the rail track,” the read in parts.
At press time, an inquiry sent to the Ministry of Transportation had not been responded to.
