China-Africa: Chinese Official Guarantees Railways Works Conclusion
Lobito
The head of the rehabilitation brigades for Benguela’s Railway (CFB), the Chinese Wang Xuanshang, guaranteed last Friday in Lobito District, in the central Benguela Province, that the fitting of the rail tracks from Benguela to the neighbouring Huambo Province will be concluded next December.
The Chinese official said that the works of preparing the platform of the railway is already concluded in the section from Cubal District (Benguela) to Huambo City.
“There are material conditions and human resources that will guarantee the boost of the works in order to fulfil the established deadlines”, he said.
The official also said that the Chinese brigades have been working day and night so that by the end of 2011, the rehabilitation of Lobito (Benguela) railways up to Lwau City in the eastern Moxico Province, in an extension of 1,314 kilometres, can be concluded in order to benefit the Angolan development.
On his turn, the Angolan Transports minister, Augusto Tomás, said that with the conclusion of the rehabilitation works of Benguela Railway (CFB), it will boost the economy of Angola and other countries of the region.
(ALLAFRICA)