PM Abiy inaugurates Mexico-Sar Bet Corridor Development Project
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) inaugurated the Mexico-Sar Bet section of the Addis Ababa Corridor Development Project. The inauguration of the project is a key milestone in the city building efforts, PM Abiy said adding enhancing infrastructure, workmanship, walkways, and vehicle paths are essential for urban growth.
Corridor Development remodels faces of Addis Ababa
The Corridor Development Project being underway in the metropolis is meaningfully changing and decorating the faces of Addis Ababa. Demolishing shanty parts of the city, the new project is making the city suitable and beautiful.
Ethiopia’s forest coverage reaches 23.6 percent
PM Abiy launched has launched the beginning of the 2024 plantation cycle. This cycle is the sixth year annual plantation program of Ethiopia’s Green Legacy initiative, initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in 2019.
During the Green Legacy pre-launch program held at the Office of the Prime Minister this week, PM Abiy and other current and former senior government officials attended the program.
During the event, it was learnt that Ethiopia’s Forest Cover had increased to 23.6% in 2023 from 17.2% in 2019. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed underlines the need to continue building on this progress so as to reach the set target of increasing the forest coverage to 30% by 2030.
PM Abiy stated that the cities in Ethiopia are in their beginning stage and the development programs will sustain so as to make the cities well equipped in infrastructure, make life easy in the cities and make the cities ideal tourist destinations.
According to PM Abiy, the corridor development project is an exemplary act for many African countries in employing collaborative efforts for the betterment of the public. The above pictures were taken during the inauguration ceremony of the Mexico Square-Sar Bet section of the Addis Ababa Corridor Development Project.
BY DARGIE KAHSAY
The Ethiopian Herald June 30/2024
