{"id":28168,"date":"2023-04-29T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/blasting-by-chinese-company-gone-wrong-in-lesotho"},"modified":"2023-04-29T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T16:18:36","slug":"blasting-by-chinese-company-gone-wrong-in-lesotho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/blasting-by-chinese-company-gone-wrong-in-lesotho","title":{"rendered":"Blasting by Chinese company gone wrong in Lesotho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span><a name=\"description-inline-expander\"><\/a>A horn rings at one of the Marakebei Monontsa road construction sites, in a village called Letobong and residents know they have to run for their safety as China Geo Engineering Corporation blasts rocks to clear bedrock for new road construction.<\/p>\n<p>This short visual episode, MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism shows you the blasting and its devastating effects left behind as China Geo Engineering Corporation constructs the 60 km bitumen road. 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