Monrovia, June 18 -- As the rainy season intensifies in Liberia, former Grand Kru County Representative Numene T. H. Bartekwa has alarmed that the deplorable condition of roads in rural Liberia is imposing more hardship on the already impoverished people.

Mr. Bartekwa disclosed that transportation cost continues to increase daily, especially for citizens travelling to and from the South-east because of the bad state of roads in the rural areas.

Mr. Bartekwa added that the prices of basic commodities continue to skyrocket because of the current situation.

"The bad road condition is causing hardship and hike in the prices in the leeward areas. This is on an annual basis; citizens experience more hardship every rainy season because, every...