Chinese-built railway to benefit local socio-economic development: Malawi officials

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Chinese-built railway to benefit local socio-economic development: Malawi officials

STORY: Chinese-built railway to benefit local socio-economic development: Malawi officials DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: NSANJE, Malawi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of local officials and engineers, workers at the project siteSOUNDBITE 1 (English): MALEMIA, Senior ChiefSOUNDBITE 2 (English): MEDSON MATCHAYA, Nsanje District CommonerSOUNDBITE 3 (English): HASTINGS CHIUDZU, Secretary for transport in Malawi STORYLINE: A Chinese company started to help Malawi build a railway on Saturday in south Malawi's Nsanje. The 72-kilometer MK 68.8 billion railway is contracted by the China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation (CR20). It will be part of the Sena Corridor that provides a rail connection to the Beira Port in Mozambique for landlocked Malawi. The construction work is expected to take 18 months. Local officials say, upon completion, the railway project will benefit the local socio-economic development. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MALEMIA, Senior Chief "It is a project that is going

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