In the presence of senior officials from the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company, the Egyptian consortium made up of “The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Othman & Partners)” and “Al Sewedy Electric” celebrated the completion of pouring the final cube of compacted concrete RCC in the body of the main dam in Tanzania yesterday. This marked the end of the main dam’s construction work, which had taken 687 days since the river course was diverted on November 18, 2020.
This was stated by Dr. Assem El-Gazzar, the Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, in a report that Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly examined as part of his project follow-up, in accordance with President Abdel Fattah El-instructions. Sisi’s
According to the report’s addition from the Minister of Housing, the Egyptian coalition started making preparations after the main dam’s construction was finished in order to begin holding back water from the Ruvichi River behind the dam, which is expected to last for about two months (based on flood predictions for the current year). These preparations include finishing the installation and testing of water drainage gates.
After the start of highly precise engineering procedures to close the diversion tunnel, the giant on three levels in the body of the dam will control the provision of the minimum water disposal to maintain the riverine environment below the dam. It will also control the discharge of excess water in cases of floods and emergency situations while it is operating. The river signalled the start of the lake’s filling, which would eventually cover an area of around 158 thousand square kilometres and have a 32-person operating capacity.
7 billion cubic meters and a maximum capacity of 34 billion cubic metres.
The Minister of Housing announced in the report that with the arrival of the main dam to a height of 190 meters above sea level on a base of about 20 thousand square meters and a length of up to 1,033 meters at the top, the Egyptian alliance will have successfully completed pouring one million four hundred and fifty cubic meters of compacted concrete RCC at rates The daily amount reached eight thousand cubic meters, in addition to about three hundred and twenty thousand cubic meters of CVC concrete, which are works in which approximately 2500 engineers and workers participated and completed 22 million working hours in the main dam.
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Assem Al-Jazzar confirmed that the project is progressing successfully despite many natural obstacles, aiming to complete the installation and testing of the nine hydroelectric generating units, successively, starting next year, realizing a Tanzanian dream that began in the 1960s, marking the achievement of the project’s goals of achieving sustainable development at the national level in « The United Republic of Tanzania” as it will double the electrical capacities on the Tanzanian grid, and will allow controlling the floods that have caused the death and loss of thousands, mostly children in Tanzania in the past years, and will reduce the formation of seasonal swamps, which are the main cause of the spread of dangerous diseases, in addition to the sustainability of behavior Water needed for agriculture and river fishing activities.
Having a minimum capacity of 7 billion cubic metres and a maximum of 34 billion.
TANESCO), to plan and carry out the Julius Nyerere Hydroelectric Generating Station (JNHPP) project at Stiegler’s Gorge on the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve, Morogoro District, Federal Republic of Tanzania. The JNHPP project has a total capacity of 2,115 MW. Al-Masry was awarded the $2 project contract as well as the best technical and financial offers.
9 billion on December 12, 2018, at a special ceremony conducted in Dar es Salaam in the presence of Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, the Egyptian Prime Minister, and the late Tanzanian President and Vice President (the current Tanzanian President).
Prime Minister Dr. David Cameron commented on this report.
Mostafa Madbouly emphasised the need for the Egyptian alliance to implement at the greatest level of quality as well as the interest of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, and his ongoing directions to follow up on this “dream” project for the brothers in Tanzania. This significant step is part of the project’s overall completion, and it is done so while praising the Egyptian coalition for its efforts, thanking the Tanzanian people on their accomplishments, and wishing the project swift completion and operation.
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On October 6, the Tanzanian main dam body construction is completed as part of the Egyptian alliance.
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