The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority expects the R11.2-billion second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project to be completed by 2023, the project’s executive manager, Mark Matchett, announced on Monday.
The massive joint project between South Africa and land-locked Lesotho will generate hydro-electric power for Lesotho while increasing the volume of water transferred to South Africa from the current 10-billion to about 15-billion cubic metres a year.
The first phase of the project – comprising a series of dams, hydropower stations and tunnels between South Africa and mountainous, landlocked Lesotho – was funded by the World Bank and completed in 2004.
The second phase will involve building the Polihali Dam in the Mokhotlong district, which is located in the northeastern part of Lesotho and, according to Wikipedia, includes both the highest terrain in the Maloti mountain range and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho’s primary watershed…
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