General News of Friday, 29 November 2019Source: classfmonline.com$993m Pwalugu dam will end Bagre dam disasters – Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-Addo cut the sod for construction of the dam on Friday, November 29President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has broken ground for the construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam and Irrigation Project. Cutting the sod for the construction on Friday, 29 November 2019, the President stated that the pledge he made was to the effect that construction of the dam will permanently “avert the perennial flooding caused by the spillage of the Bagre Dam” in neighbouring Burkina Faso. “Other hydro-electric projects, such as Akosombo and Bui, were intended also to have irrigation schemes, but they have, unfortunately, not materialised. The story of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam and Irrigation Project will be different,” he assured. With the cost of the project, amounting to some US$993 million, President Akufo-Addo stated that the cost will be borne entirely by Government, and will be executed constructed under an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Sinohydro, and will be executed in 50 months.

Source: GhanaWeb November 29, 2019 15:33 UTC