The dam, which has a height of 25.8 meters and a length of 335 meters, was built by Ethiopia‘s Construction Works Corporation and Construction Works Design the nation’s Supervision Corporation had a consulting role. He said the government will give especial attention to agriculture sector through launching irrigation projects, he emphasized that similar projects will bring together communities from different regions. More than 10,000 farmers and over 192,000 youth job seekers would benefit from the irrigation dam which will also be used for fishing and tourism purposes. The delayed dam with total area of 4.7 million square kilometers is also expected to attract agricultural investment to the area. The construction of the new irrigation dam project had created 1, 072 permanent and temporary jobs.

Source: Ethiopian News February 04, 2019 12:45 UTC