Samia opens water channel to fill Julius Nyerere hydropower dam
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan presses a button on December 22, 2022 to open a diversion channel on Rufiji River to start filling water into the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Power Project. PHOTO | COURTESY
The construction of Tanzania's Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project went a notch higher on Thursday after President Samia Suluhu Hassan officiated the opening of the diversion channel that will direct water into the dam for generation of electricity.
The 2,115 megawatts project is being built at a cost of Tsh6.55 trillion ($ 2.77 billion). The diversion is crucial because the volume of water diverted into the reservoir is crucial for the generation of electricity.
