Source: Xinhua | 2021-02-23 | Editor:Alison
Nepal on Monday initiated the testing process of the tunnel for the country s largest drinking water project, a senior official of the project office said.
Water Supply Minister Mani Chandra Thapa on Monday inaugurated the testing process by releasing water into the tunnel of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project after the Chinese contractor Sinohydro Corporation Limited completed digging the tunnel.
The project office said it would take around 17 days for the 27.5-km tunnel to be fully filled with water and then the tunnel will be in a full-load state for two months to see if there is any leakage or other problems.
Source: Xinhua | 2021-02-23 | Editor:Alison
Bangladesh s Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday announced that universities in the country will reopen on May 24.
The university halls will reopen on May 17, the minister added.
Prior to the reopening, Moni said all the residential students, teachers and employees in universities will be vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of health safety measures.
Also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the country s Education Ministry for ensuring first the inoculation of teachers and other education officials, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam.
He said Monday s cabinet meeting with the prime minister also asked the Education Ministry to start soon discussions on the reopening of schools and colleges with all stakeholders.
Source: Xinhua | 2021-02-23 | Editor:Alison
A Chinese engineer examines a new well constructed under the Phase II of China-aided rural water supply and rural road projects in Cambodia in Kampong Speu Province of Cambodia, Jan. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhao)
The Ongoing China-aided rural water supply and rural road projects have been playing a crucial role in supporting socio-economic development and alleviating poverty in rural Cambodia, a Cambodian senior official said recently to Xinhua.
From 2017, the projects, in Phases I and II, under the management of Cambodia s Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) have been proved successful, MRD s secretary of state and spokesman Chan Darong told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
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