Ethiopia has begun work on a $125m dam on the River Agma in the Blue Nile Basin in the drought-prone northeastern state of Amhara. Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s water, irrigation and energy minister, laid the foundation stone on 9 January with the help of Agegnehu Teshager, Amhara’s head of state, Zawya reported. The dam is being built by China Civil Engineering Corporation in cooperation with a number of local companies, for the Amhara Water Works Construction Enterprise (AWWCE). AWWCE is the state agency responsible for all water-related construction and distribution in Amhara, the second largest state in the Ethiopian Federation. Image: The Agma dam is intended to ameliorate Ethiopia’s periodic droughts.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2021 17:48 UTC