It’s strike three for DA Eastern Cape leader Nqaba Bhanga after he drove into the back of fellow party member and Buffalo City councillor Fred Pohl’s vehicle while on a municipal oversight visit at Qonce on Friday.
It’s strike three for DA Eastern Cape legislature leader Nqaba Bhanga after he drove into the back of fellow party member and Buffalo City Metro councillor Fred Pohl’s car while on a municipal oversight visit at Qonce on Friday. Bhanga has now been involved in three vehicle accidents with varying degrees of severity, and there are signs senior DA leaders may no longer be enamoured with him.
Dimapur, Aug. 9 (EMN): The North Frontier Railway has operated 15 ‘Kisan Rail’ trains from January to July in the current year from Dhupguri, Falakata and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal to Agartala in Tripura and Bhanga in Assam for transportation of potatoes. NFR in an update informed that it has been running the trains to and from North Eastern Region to strengthen the supply chain and help farmers in transporting their produce to larger markets. It stated that from January to December, 2021, 40 Kisan Rails were put into service to carry more than 12500 tonnes of consignments. During the current year from January to July, 15 Kisan Rail trips have transported more than 6500 tonnes of consignments, it stated. “The transportation of fruits and vegetables by Kisan Rail is granted a subsidy of 50% on the tariff chargeable, so that local farmers are benefited. Kisan Rail trains help in transporting perishable, agri-produces such as fruits and vegetables to the markets in various places
Twenty Nelson Mandela Bay councillors owed the municipality a total of R410,142 for municipal rates and services that were more than three months overdue when the past financial year wrapped up.