Rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam wall is progressing well and work is 67 percent complete, the Zambezi River Authority said in an update Friday.
The US$294.2 million project expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025, consists of three components – the basin redesign, upstream spillway control facility renovation and institutional strengthening.
The Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project aims to address dam safety issues and restore the dam’s structural integrity for its long-term reliability and operational safety, ZRA said.
The rehabilitation project started in 2017 and is jointly financed by the World Bank, the European Union, the African Development Bank, the Swedish government and the Zambezi River Authority.
Kariba Dam, shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia, is the world’s largest man-made dam with water storage capacity.
The dam supplies water to Zambia’s 1,080 MW North Bank Power Station and Zimbabwe’s 1,050 MW Kariba Hydro Power Station.
The two power stations been upgraded by Chinese company Sinohydro, which added 360 MW to the North Bank Power Station and 300 MW to the Kariba Power Station.
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