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Angolans stranded in Luanda complain about the shortage of interprovincial transport

Cidadãos "retidos" em Luanda devido ao estado de emergência veem-se a braços para regressar às províncias de origem, no âmbito do levantamento da cerca sanitária interprovincial devido ao novo coronavírus, queixando-se da "falta de transportes" e dos preços.

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With the extension of the state of emergency to another 15 days, which started on April 11, the authorities decided to raise the sanitary fence to allow citizens to travel to the provinces of origin.

Saturday and Sunday were the chosen days for exceptional passenger mobility in the Angolan provinces, days when road transport terminals, especially in Luanda, registered "abnormal floods".

President João Lourenço, faced with the demand for tickets and places for interprovincial trips, decided on Sunday night to extend the survey of the sanitary fence until midnight on Monday.

On the last exception day for interprovincial trips, in Luanda, several citizens eager to return to the provinces of origin complain about the reduced number of transports at the bus terminals and the high prices.

Luciano Ndau, "stranded" in Luanda for the past 15 days due to the first shift of the state of emergency, which aims to count the spread of the covid-19, told Lusa that he had a "difficult quarantine", mainly due to "lack of food ".

Anxious to return to Huambo in this "window of opportunity" he complained about the high ticket price, between 15,000 and 18,000 kwanzas, saying that he was unable to travel at the weekend due to the floods.

At the Interprovincial AFC-Cris terminal, in Viana, Luanda, Estêvão Domingos also spoke of "enormous sacrifices" faced during the quarantine in the capital.

"I stayed here, fulfilled the state of emergency with many difficulties, because I don't live here, especially with food, since Luanda is a very expensive city and I spent the 15 days with a lot of sacrifice," he lamented.

With the suitcases packed to return to Huambo province, the student, who applauded the lifting of the sanitary fence, also spoke of a shortage of transport, with those who appear "charging between 15,000 and 20,000 kwanzas".

"And we do not have these conditions created, we have been here since the morning, hungry and sunny and it is very complicated," he said, expressing, however, a belief in continuing his journey this Monday "despite the inconvenience".

Nelson Paulino, from the direction of the Interprovincial AFC-Cris terminal, confirmed the "passenger agitation seen over the weekend", referring that the day is relatively calm, but with driver limitations.

According to the official, the means available to them "strictly" follow the measures of the state of emergency, such as the capacity of only one third of passengers, maintaining that the 'handicap' lies in the "availability of drivers".

"Now the complication we have is that many drivers who live here in Luanda no longer want to risk traveling to Huambo for fear of not having returned and those who are traveling are just the drivers who live in Huambo," he said.

Hygiene measures, such as hand washing, are followed by passengers who are also controlled by a health surveillance technician.

At the "Ti Show" terminal, also in Viana, passengers also reported difficulties in embarking for the Angolan province of Huambo, such as the merchant Melita Albina, who complained about the "few days of the lifting of the sanitary fence".

"The days that the Government has given us are few, then here in Luanda there is a lot of population, we only knew that the last day would be yesterday and now there is no taxi today and we have been waiting here since morning", he lamented.

However, with the trip confirmed to return to the Angolan province of Malanje, peasant Pedro Zumba was detained for 15 days in Luanda for deciding to visit his children.

"Saturday and Sunday there was a lot of traffic jam, we didn't have a chance, we went looking for tickets, we couldn't do it, but as it increased another day today, I'm going to travel," he told Lusa at TCUL's interprovincial terminal, in the municipality of Cazenga.

The "satisfaction" of returning home, in Malanje, was also expressed by Lucrécia Arsénio Negrão, who narrated difficulties during the quarantine in the Angolan capital, claiming to be aware of the "lethality" of the new coronavirus.

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