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Photos: See what erosion did to rail line near Oshogbo

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Eroded rail line in Oshogbo. Credit: Adegbenro Adenanjo

 

The photos here are not about a quarry site. Neither is it an architectural self congratulation by a mad civil engineer. It is the carving done by both sheet and gully erosions to the base of the rail line near Oshogbo, Osun State.

This happened after some heavy rains.

Thus, the Nigerian Railway Corporation should do something about it.

See more photos of the eroded rail line below:

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