{"id":276379,"date":"2019-05-18T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiEOemt3-AovAxch1qg7ws2bAqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowiYr-CjD1iIoDMPT73AU?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:27:48","slug":"the-hindu-warned-that-power-shortages-could-stop-a-chinese-funded-rail-link-for-a-full-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276379","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu warned that power shortages could stop a Chinese-funded rail link for a full day"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2019 The Hindu reported on the risks of a rail corridor built with Chinese finance when electricity supply was too weak to keep trains moving, noting that a shortage could block operations for an entire day.<\/p>\n\"The\n

Ethiopia\u2019s Addis Ababa\u2013Djibouti electric railway was sold as a modern Red Sea trade artery for a landlocked state. When hydropower reservoirs fell and rationing began, the same electric dependence that made the line clean also made it fragile.<\/p>\n

Chinese loan projects often arrive with ceremony. The harder test is whether power, spare parts, and freight demand keep the trains running after the ribbon is cut.<\/p>\n

As China\u2013Horn infrastructure archive, the Hindu warning pairs with Ethiopia\u2019s 2019 electricity rationing files and with later questions about debt and reliability on the Djibouti corridor.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> The Hindu<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perils of a rail link built with Chinese funds  The HinduDue to shortage of electricity, the train could be blocked for a whole day of operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":355987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Engineer-Sileshi.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19TJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754819,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276379\/revisions\/754819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}