{"id":31239,"date":"2022-12-21T10:22:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/machipanda-railway-line-cfm-records-acts-of-vandalism"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:39:56","slug":"machipanda-railway-line-cfm-records-acts-of-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/machipanda-railway-line-cfm-records-acts-of-vandalism","title":{"rendered":"Machipanda railway line: CFM records acts of vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The 317-kilometre-long Machipanda railway line is being sabotaged in Dondo, Sofala province.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown persons are stealing the metal fastening clips attaching the rails to the concrete sleepers, presumably to feed local iron-smelting industries. This could easily lead to the derailment of freight trains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA quick count revealed more than 100 fastening clips missing. This is serious: it could cause derailments, which the line here is prone to. I cannot call this theft: this is sabotage,\u201d a CFM spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The Machipanda line has altogether about 1,800,00 fastening clips, TVM reports.<\/p>\n<p>The thefts come at a time when CFM is investing around US$200 million rehabilitating the Machipanda line, with the aim of getting road traffic onto the rail system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Linha F\u00e9rrea de Machipanda: CFM registam actos de vandaliza\u00e7\u00e3o da infra-estrutura\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEASgc8Lwag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The 317-kilometre-long Machipanda railway line is being sabotaged in Dondo, Sofala province. Unknown persons are stealing the metal fastening clips attaching the rails to the concrete sleepers, presumably to feed local iron-smelting industries. This could easily lead to the derailment of freight trains. \u201cA quick count revealed more than 100 fastening clips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,18],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-31239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-video","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Machipanda railway line: CFM records acts of vandalism - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 317-kilometre-long Machipanda railway line is being sabotaged in Dondo, Sofala province. 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