infrastructure

The chancellor will outline the government's tax and spending plans for everything from hospitals and schools to infrastructure and defence in the Budget on Wednesday 26 November.

It has said the area includes essential infrastructure, including field hospitals and water pipelines, and that supplies of food, tents and medicines will be delivered there in co-ordination with international organisations.

Rampant infrastructure development such as highways, tunnels and hydropower plants further weaken the mountains.

But the government minister, Habtamu, admits that much more needs to be done to expand the infrastructure of the national power grid.

Pratt has also sued the city, alleging it failed to maintain an adequate water supply and other infrastructure.