The renovation of Tanzania’s dilapidated railways stalls due to a dispute between the government and its Indian partners
The Rail India Technical and Economic Services buyout
of 51% of Tanzania’s national railway company is set to collapse this
month. In March 2006, RITES agreed to buy part of the failing Tanzania
Railways Corporation, now called Tanzania Railways Limited, after
winning an international tender. There has been constant criticism on
both sides, and in July 2009 TRL Chief Executive Hundi Lal
Chaudhary said that RITES was ready to walk away....
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