Egyptian Housing Minister Assem al-Gazzar on Saturday inspected construction work of the Julius Nyerere hydroelectric dam project in Tanzania, which is being worked on by an Egyptian consortium of Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric at a cost of US$2.9 billion. The minister added that since its inception in December 2018 the project has been carried out smoothly, with continuous cooperation between the Egyptian and Tanzanian sides to resolve all obstacles. Gazzar held an expanded meeting reviewing the volume of work conducted at the dam project thus far. The 134-meter dam will have a storage capacity of 34 million cubic meters of water. The construction of 10-kilometer internal roads, 15-kilometer long residential roads, 350 permanent houses and 3,000 secondary houses are also part of the project.

Source: Egypt Independent November 08, 2020 10:41 UTC