namibia's major transportation artery built by chinese companies holds opening ceremony
2024-09-04
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xinhua news agency, windhoek, september 3 (reporter chen cheng) on the 3rd, a ceremony was held to open the 88-kilometer road repair project of the first section of the b1 expressway from keetmanshoop to mariental, a major transportation artery in namibia, in the southern town of tses, 420 kilometers away from the namibian capital windhoek.
on september 3, in the southern namibian town of tese, namibia's deputy prime minister and minister of works and transport mutorwa (front left fourth) and guests cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. xinhua news agency reporter chen cheng photo
more than 400 people, including namibian government officials, local people and the construction party china henan international cooperation group co., ltd. (henan international), attended the opening ceremony. namibian deputy prime minister and minister of works and transport mutorwa said in his speech at the opening ceremony that he was grateful to china for bringing us a high-quality road and also training a group of local small and medium-sized enterprises and technical workers for us.
on september 3, in the southern namibian town of tese, namibia's deputy prime minister and minister of works and transport mutorwa delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. xinhua news agency reporter chen cheng
cui yunke, general manager of henan international namibia company, said that during the construction of the project, the company overcame difficulties such as the epidemic, severe water shortage and rising prices, solved the employment problems of nearly 1,000 local people, taught them construction skills, and helped local small farmers, women and youth groups increase their income, empowering the coordinated development of the local society.
on september 3, vehicles drove on the repaired section of b1 highway in the southern namibian town of tese. photo by xinhua news agency reporter chen cheng
it is reported that the b1 highway connecting namibia's largest trading partner, south africa, is the only expressway in the country leading to south africa and is a veritable traffic artery. after the road is opened to traffic, it will increase the speed of goods and personnel traffic safety between the two countries and help namibia's economic development.
on september 3, in the southern namibian town of tese, children took a group photo on the repaired section of the b1 highway. photo by xinhua news agency reporter chen cheng
