“The construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam project is aimed at mitigating the regular floods that occur in the White-Volta basin covering parts of the Upper East and North East Regions. Preparatory activities started in 2020 and would be completed by the first half of this year with actual construction commencing the second half of this year, Commissioning is expected in 2025. It is the single largest investment in the northern part of Ghana, made by any government,”. The President made this pronouncement during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
The President who was very emphatic during his address assured the country and more especially the people of the Upper East and North East Region that, earthworks on the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam will begin in the second half of 2021 after the completion of preparatory activities in the first half.
Meanwhile, President comments trail the submission of Former Energy Minister John Peter Amewu who during his vetting as Minister Designate for Railway Development disclosed that the construction company in charge of constructing the dam, Power China, has written to the Ministry of Energy for initial mobilization to officially commence work, adding that the delay was due to funding challenges.
President Akufo-Addo during the sod-cutting event explained that the Pwalugu multi-purpose dam and irrigation project when constructed, remains the single largest investment by any government in Ghana’s North.
The three main components of the project are a dam with an elevation of 165 meters and a maximum reservoir of 350 square kilometers, a hydroelectric power generation unit made up of two turbines with 60 megawatts of installed capacity, and 16.5 megawatts of firm continuous capacity as well as an irrigation scheme consisting of 12 metres high weir and canal system spanning about 25, 000 hectares of land.
Apart from boosting economic growth through increased solar energy supply, the project is expected to help cut down on the importation of food such as rice and also serve as flood control due to the perennial flooding that often accompanies the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
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