Ethiopia's 6,000MW Grand Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile River have prompted concerns about water shortage to Egypt's Aswan
High Dam, along with affecting water supply for farming, drinking water, and other industries dependent on the Nile River as a water source in Egypt.
The lake created by Merowe dam extends to 176 kms against 500 km for the
High Dam lake.
In addition, a part of the development cooperation package will be allocated to rehabilitate a number of generators in the
High Dam area.
Summary: CAIRO - On January 15, the 42nd anniversary of the 111-metre
High Dam in Aswan, one of Africa's largest dams that was inaugurated in January 1971, will be celebrated.
1964: Nasser and Khrushchev divert the Nile The Egyptian and Russian leaders end phase one of the construction of the Aswan
High Dam by blowing up a huge sand barrage to divert the course of the Nile.
In the 1960s, a large part of the Nubian population living along the Nile River was moved out to make way for a new lake behind the Aswan
High Dam, then under construction.
Himachal Pradesh plans to construct a 148 meter
high dam in Sirmaur district to store and supply water to Delhi.
Which country mainly financed the construction of the Aswan
High Dam in Egypt, which took ten years to build during the 1960s?
The amount of arable land added by the construction of the
High Dam has been more than wiped out by urbanization ...
The first stage included four sites: the main station, the
high dam in al-Majar district, the ground dam and the reception station in Qalet Saleh district, Kadhem explained.
The 315-meter
high dam will be constructed in the country`s Lorestan Province and since it is a huge project, discussions with foreign investors are time-consuming, concluded the official.
MORE than 190 tonnes of dynamite has been laid next to a 460 feet
high dam on the Yangtze in China ahead of the "toughest demolition job".
Dam construction has led to proliferation of the mosquito Culex pipieles and subsequent filariasis, or elephantiasis, near the Aswan
High Dam in the southern Nile Delta (Thompson et al.
Another idealistic project from the same era was the
High Dam at Aswan.
