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Year Mooted: 1974
Province: Mashonaland Central
Year contract signed: 2020
Year construction started: 2020
First contract value 2020: US$164 258 525
Contractor: China Nanchang
Implementing Agency: Zimbabwe National Water Authority
Scope of works:
- Construction of a 70-metre-high double curvature concrete dam
- Care and diversion of the river
- 102m drop inlet spillway
- Outlet works and access road
- Construction of bulk treatment works and pipeline
Progress so far
- Engineer’s site establishment now at 60 percent
- Contractor’s Site establishment now at 85 percent
- Temporary access road No.1 construction now 100 percent
- Temporary access road No.2 construction – 90 percent
Overall progress: 12 percent
Benefits of the dam
- Centenary water supply
- Agriculture – Irrigation of up to 2 400 hectares
- Fisheries
- Tourism
- Power generation of up to 800 kilowatts
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