Ethiopia: Modjo Admin Butts Heads With Railway Corp Over Relocation

The administration of Modjo Town, 73km east of Addis Abeba, is at odds with the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) over compensation arrangements for the relocation of 2,804 residents settled on 93.59ht of land to be moved, in order to make way for the construction of railway stations.

The Corporation is at an early stage of commissioning studies to undertake a national railway project that aims to connect the country's major cities through eight selected corridors, crisscrossing over 1,833km and projected to cost 173.6 billion Br.

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