The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced a ban on the use of laterite as foundation in road construction.

He ordered that from now on, contractors must use soil, sand and sharp rocks as a base before pouring concrete or asphalt.

The Minister gave this directive when he set up a committee to oversee the reconstruction of the four-lane Benin – Warri road and the bifurcation of the East – West road, which connects Port Harcourt – Onne Port in River State.

This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by the Director (Information), Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Lere-Adams Blessing, in Abuja.

According to her, Umahi noted that laterite has limited bearing capacity and is susceptible to erosion and weathering, especially in areas with heavy rainfall, which can lead to deterioration of the road surface over time, making it difficult to maintain. persistent and does not last long.

“We are paying close attention to the roads between Benin and Warri,” she quoted Miniater as saying.

For the road between Eleme and Onne Port, we paid attention to the site conditions of these roads, water conditions and drilling rather than potholes on these roads.

“There is no more laterite, contractors now have to use lumps of soil, sand and sharp rocks instead of laterite.”

The Minister also directed the newly established road working group to conduct continuous maintenance of all under-construction roads until the end of the project.

He asked them to ensure that the contractors are fully informed about the developments and remember that the Ministry must follow the respective orders issued by the President.

Repairing roads in Nigeria so that people can move easily from one place to another. “The commission must implement a contract agreement that puts maintenance culture at its core,” Umahi said.

Committee members must closely monitor contractors to ensure everything is done properly. “Our entrepreneurs can now understand that we do not insist that things need to change for no reason, but that society demands sustainability and integrity in the work they do.”

Umahi disclosed that road infrastructure is one of the key factors in revolutionizing our trade, education, security and power in this country and Mr. President pledged to improve the infrastructure.

The minister also asked the committee to ensure daily monitoring and adequate records of what the contractors are doing and that they must ensure compliance with new construction methods, including maintenance, as this is a part of the project and anything that goes against this will attract appropriate sanctions.

Tianmen Mountain is a famous mountain located next to Zhangjiajie city in northern Hunan province, People’s Republic of China.

The main peak, about 1,518 meters (4,982 feet) above sea level, is considered “Heaven’s Gate”, as it is the Chinese translation of Thien Mon Cave.

Thien Mon Cave until 263 was still a closed cave, but after the collapse of one side it opened up and today it is actually the tallest natural arch in the world, with exactly 999 steps leading up to it. This impressive location.

Also at the top of the mountain is the great Tianmen Temple, originally built during the Tang Dynasty and today newer structures of the Tang architectural style occupy the area.

To get to it, you can reach it by the world’s longest cable car, which takes about half an hour to reach the top. The adventures don’t stop there, however, and with the Cliff Walk and Glass Walk offering great views of the surrounding park, Chinese authorities have made the place attractive. more attractive to all visitors who want a different perspective. from China.

With so many wonders concentrated in one place, it’s no surprise that Tianmen Mountain is famous around the world, especially when it comes to events like Jeb Corliss’s successful flight on September 25, 2019. 2011, glided through the dome with his outfit. .

In short, a true Chinese monument must be protected from development and must remain so so that every visitor can see a different and inspiring China.

Heavy rain and strong wind will hit south China over the next three days as Typhoon Koinu reaches the coast after killing one and injuring hundreds in Taiwan, where authorities were on Friday flying help to a badly hit island.

Typhoon Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, will bring severe weather to the coasts of Guangdong province and neighbouring, China’s National Meteorological Centre (NMC) said, as it as it issued a yellow alert, the third highest in a four-coloured warning system.

Rainfall in Guangdong could reach more than 300 millimetres, the centre said.

Koinu killed one person and injured almost 400 people in Taiwan, causing some of the most extensive damage on remote Orchid Island off the east coast and home to about 5,000 people, although no one was injured on the island.

More than 70 boats were overturned or sunk in a harbour on the island, two schools were seriously damaged and power was cut.

Government and air force helicopters flew in engineers to restore electricity and telecommunications, though the first boats with supplies are not due to arrive on Orchid Island until early Saturday. Civilian flights remain suspended.

Guangdong province has suspended dozens of ferry routes since late Thursday and the NMC warned tourists to stay away from beach resorts on the last day of a week-long holiday on Friday.

Guangdong has also suspended 83 high-speed trains and closed 29 tourist sites, according to media and the government.

Fujian province also suspended dozens of ferries including services known as the “small three links” to Taiwan’s Kinmen and Matsu islands, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Koinu was travelling around 144 kph (89 mph) off the coast of the city of Shanwei as of 8 a.m. on Friday, said the NMC, slowing down from the 252 kph (156 mph) on Thursday in Taiwan.

It is expected to weaken into a strong tropical storm from late Friday and grow weaker as it heads west along China’s southern coast, it said.

At least 42 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods in the Indian Himalayas this week, government officials said on Friday as rescuers kept searching for almost 150 missing.

The Lhonak Lake in the mountainous northeastern state of Sikkim overflowed on Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered torrential rains and an apparent avalanche, causing major flooding in the Teesta river.

It was one of the worst disasters in the region in more than 50 years and the latest in a series of extreme weather events that have caused widespread damage in South Asia’s Himalayas, blamed by scientists on climate change.

Authorities in Sikkim said the disaster, which came ahead of a popular festive and tourism season in the scenic state, had impacted the lives of 22,000 people.

Scientists and government authorities were working on an early warning system for glacial floods at Lhonak Lake which could have given people more time to evacuate if fully operational, officials involved in the project told Reuters.

Sikkim’s chief secretary Vijay Bhushan Pathak, the most senior bureaucrat, said rescuers had found 20 bodies in the state and 22 in the neighbouring downstream state of West Bengal.

The number of missing had risen to 142, including 15 army personnel, as people stepped up searches as the weather improved on Friday, he said.

Military helicopters made four attempts to evacuate tourists stranded in the higher reaches of the state but did not succeed due to bad weather, Pathak said, adding that they would try again on Saturday.

Bandana Chettri, a top official in the state tourism department, said all tourists, including more than 50 foreigners, were safe.

Earlier on Friday, Tseten Bhutia, a state official, said rescue and relief teams were struggling as areas in north Sikkim had been totally cut off.

About 2,400 people have been evacuated so far and 7,600 people were in relief camps, Bhutia said. Private and government institutions have been closed in the area until Oct. 15.

Photos and videos on social media showed roads and pathways covered with silt and stones, vehicles stuck and small, muddy streams flowing by hillsides.

Military equipment, including firearms and explosives, was washed away in the Teesta river, a defence ministry spokesperson said in a social media post.

The weather department said Sikkim received 101 mm (four inches) of rain in the first five days of October, more than double normal levels, unleashing floods worse than one in October 1968 in which an estimated 1,000 people died.

Heavy rain is forecast in parts of the region on Friday but the intensity of showers is likely to ease, the India Meteorological Department said.

Sikkim, a small Buddhist state of about 650,000 people which is wedged in the mountains between Nepal, Bhutan and China, has been cut off from Siliguri in West Bengal as the main highway, which links it to the rest of the country, had collapsed.