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Paekma-Cholsan Waterway Comes into Shape

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, April 19 (KCNA) -- The construction of the Paekma-Cholsan waterway is progressing apace in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This year efforts have been concentrated on the labor-consuming reservoir and tunnel projects as well as on channel projects.
    Over the last two years since its ground breaking, the builders have transported several million cubic meters of earth, sand and gravel to construct the dam of the Paekma reservoir in the main.
    Those who are in charge of the tunnel project have carried out tunneling at more than 90 percent and concrete tamping at over 80 percent.
    As of the end of the last year the builders completed the construction of more than ten large-size underground ducts each of which needed removal of tens of thousands of cubic meters of earth, concrete tamping of 9,000 cubic meters and assembling of hundreds of tons of reinforcement bars.
    The project of the main waterway and branch channels, 280 kilometers long in total, has been carried out at more than 90 percent.