THE CONSTRUCTION of the Nicaragua’s challenge to the Panama Canal in Nicaragua will affect more than 7,000 families totaling some 29,000 people.
The information comes from a survey conducted by the Chinese company HKND Group, operator of the mega-project Interoceanic Canal ,that aims to compete with the Panama Canal, reports the AP News Agency.
Fei Kang, Institute of Land Evaluation in China, the firm hired by the employer Wang Jing, said Friday October 17 that the results of the census started on August 23 will reveal that affected 880,000 square meters of properties arelocated in the path of the project, whose cost is estimated at $50 billion.
"Just over 7,000 families and more than 29,000 people are rigorously recorded on the route," Fei said in remarks published on e-government portal 19 Digital.
The information was provided by the official during the delivery of awards to more than 400 people, including Chinese and Nicaraguans, who participated in the census.
The census was divided into five areas of work and developed in 500 ,000square kilometers, excluding the surface of Lake Nicaragua, and the Pacific and Caribbean.
The canal route announced in June this year extends along 278 kilometers of which 105 kilometers are covered through the Great Lake of Nicaragua or Cocibolca.
Laureano Ortega, son of President Daniel Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo, who brought Wang Jing to Nicaragua, attended the activity and said that "the government commission with HKND, will work for all who are in the path of the Canal to directly benefit from the project.
The census, which was attended by officials from the Attorney General's Office and the Directorate General of Revenue, has drawn protests from residents of different parts of the route
These people do not want to be expropriated as a result of the work.
Arana Octavio Ortega, president of the Foundation of Municipalities of Rivas, who has been leading protests in that area of the country, said the data provided by the census are not convincing.
"These data are sketchy, we are sure a lot more people will be involved, Ortega told The Associated Press.
The Canal has generated great expectation and hope of employment and development in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in Latin America. The latest survey by Cid-Gallup poll indicated that more than 70% believe the mega-project would take the country out of poverty.
7,000 families will be affected by Nicaragua Canal
THE CONSTRUCTION of the Nicaragua’s challenge to the Panama Canal in Nicaragua will affect more than 7,000 families totaling some 29,000 people.
The information comes from a survey conducted by the Chinese company HKND Group, operator of the mega-project Interoceanic Canal ,that aims to compete with the Panama Canal, reports the AP News Agency.
Fei Kang, Institute of Land Evaluation in China, the firm hired by the employer Wang Jing, said Friday October 17 that the results of the census started on August 23 will reveal that affected 880,000 square meters of properties arelocated in the path of the project, whose cost is estimated at $50 billion.
"Just over 7,000 families and more than 29,000 people are rigorously recorded on the route," Fei said in remarks published on e-government portal 19 Digital.
The information was provided by the official during the delivery of awards to more than 400 people, including Chinese and Nicaraguans, who participated in the census.
The census was divided into five areas of work and developed in 500 ,000square kilometers, excluding the surface of Lake Nicaragua, and the Pacific and Caribbean.
The canal route announced in June this year extends along 278 kilometers of which 105 kilometers are covered through the Great Lake of Nicaragua or Cocibolca.
Laureano Ortega, son of President Daniel Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo, who brought Wang Jing to Nicaragua, attended the activity and said that "the government commission with HKND, will work for all who are in the path of the Canal to directly benefit from the project.
The census, which was attended by officials from the Attorney General's Office and the Directorate General of Revenue, has drawn protests from residents of different parts of the route
These people do not want to be expropriated as a result of the work.
Arana Octavio Ortega, president of the Foundation of Municipalities of Rivas, who has been leading protests in that area of the country, said the data provided by the census are not convincing.
"These data are sketchy, we are sure a lot more people will be involved, Ortega told The Associated Press.
The Canal has generated great expectation and hope of employment and development in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in Latin America. The latest survey by Cid-Gallup poll indicated that more than 70% believe the mega-project would take the country out of poverty.