Widened Panama Canal to open for water trial

Panama City: Water will start rushing into the newly expanded Panama Canal in one area that was widened, ahead of the waterway's April 2016 re-inauguration. The Panama Canal Authority said that the area around the new Agua Fria locks in Gatun, on the Atlantic coast, has been chosen for the preliminary tests. According to the builders Association Grupo Unidos Por el Canal(GUPC), it would take three to five months duration for completely filling up the first lock. GUPC is carrying out the exten...