“The second filling of the Renaissance dam has been completed and the water is overflowing,” Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s minister for water, irrigation and energy said on Monday.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen congratulated the successful completion of the second round of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project.
The Minister of Water Irrigaiton and Energy Minister, Dr. Seleshi Bekele has stated that the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached overtopping water level. Dr. Seleshi noted that the incoming flow passes through both bottom outlets and overtopping.
“This year also we are experiencing extreme rainfall in the Abbay Basin (Blue Nile Basin). As a result, the GERD reservoir has filled rapidly” he explained.
GERD is an Ethiopian hydropower dam and guardian infrastructure asset for the downstream countries against climate change. It is also a means to develop further and prosper together, it can never be a treat, Dr. Seleshi noted.
“The next milestone for GERD construction is to realize the early generation in the next few months. Congratulations to people of Ethiopia” he added.FBC.
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