Trucks wait for clearance at Kasumbalesa on the Zambia-DRC border. Zambia plans to build a truck park with modern facilities after congestion in the past month posed health risks. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
Kasumbalesa border post has been hit by congestion in the past month threatening trade and relations between the two countries.
Post has no lodging or sanitation facilities and truckers had to relieve themselves in bushes posing a health risk.
Chililabombwe district authorities plan a truck park to be rolled out in six months under a public private partnership.
