Foreign media said, according to the Chinese company in Nicaragua canal was dug HKND a circular, the $50 billion (RMB 319.4 billion) of the project's main construction will start in late 2016, compared to the original plan delay for a year.
According to the voice of the German radio station website reported on November 25, was scheduled for the main project start time is the spring of 2016. Chinese companies HKND Nicaragua canal development investment company (Hong Kong) in this month, a notice puts forward a new construction schedule.
Reported that on October 5, Nicaragua's President Daniel ortega, the government accepted the earl's environmental resources management consulting co., LTD. (ERM) HKND did a research report. ERM consulting company is the world's biggest environmental problems.
According to the report, Nicaragua canal project can have serious consequences for the environment, on the other hand, if well managed, also can bring positive influence to the poor countries of China and the United States.
In 2013, HKND from Mr Ortega authorities build and run the design length of 280 kilometers of the canal in Nicaragua, and 50 years lease. 50 years lease can also be extended once.
Reported that, according to the original schedule, the canal should be built in 2019. However, HKND in recently published notice haven't come up with new completion date.
The canal will be migrating forcing about 30000 people, among them are mostly poor farmers and indigenous people. Canal route will across Nicaragua lakes, forests and at least 40 villages. HKND said, in the five years of construction period, will hire 50000 people a year. , when completed, the operator said Nicaragua canal general cargo ships can sail intercontinental navigation and oil tankers, the tonnage is greater than the ships through the panama canal.
According to the report, completed in 1914, the panama canal become the shortest shipping safe passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the canal is now in the expansion, to make the navigation capacity greatly increased. Total length of 80 km, the panama canal is China, Japan and South Korea to the United States on the east coast waterways used frequently.
According to the report, the government is highly dependent on panama income. In recent years, the annual revenue of the panama canal is about $2.6 billion (16.6 billion yuan).