Dar es Salaam, June 30 -- A NEW history was written in the country's transport sub-sector yesterday as President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone for the construction of state-of-the-art Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) tunnels and flyover in Kilosa District, in Morogoro region.

The construction of the quadruple, first ever, railway tunnels and flyover, according to President Magufuli, would not only change the outlook of the old district, but will also stimulate the country's economic activities.

The tunnels are also envisaged to offer permanent solutions to the destruction of railway infrastructures that has been happening every year on the central railway line, due to flooding caused by heavy rains.

Speaking while laying the foun...