Chinese firm builds dam to boost Tunisia's economic, social development

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Chinese firm builds dam to boost Tunisia's economic, social development

STORY: Chinese firm builds dam to boost Tunisia's economic, social development DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mellegue Dam 2. various of Tunisian workers working at lab STORYLINE: In the valley of the Mellegue River, a perennial river passing through Tunisia's northwestern province of El Kef, a Chinese engineering team is busy building a giant dam. Once completed, it will become one of the largest water conservancy facilities in the North African country. In May 2016, China's power construction company Sinohydro won the bid to build a new dam over the river to replace the run-down old one. "Compared with the previous one, the new Mellegue dam is smaller in size and does far less damage to the environment," Qiu Yusheng, chief engineer of the project, told Xinhua. The Mellegue dam is scheduled for completion in September 2023. With a maximum capacity of 305 million cubic meters of water, it will play a significant role in protecting t

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