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The Tokwe Mukosi Dam or Tugwi Mukosi Dam[1] is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tokwe River, just downstream of its confluence with the Mukosi River, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Masvingo in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.[2] It is 90.3 metres (296 ft) tall and creates a 1,750,000,000 m3 (1,420,000 acre⋅ft) reservoir, the largest inland dam in the country. The associated hydroelectric power station has a 12 megawatts (16,000 hp) installed capacity.[3]

Construction on the dam began in June 1998 but stalled in 2008. Salini Impregilo began to finish the dam in 2011. Heavy flooding in February 2014 caused a partial failure on 4 February, on the downstream face of the dam.[4][5] By late February the dam had not been fully breached but the unplanned rising reservoir behind the dam caused evacuations upstream.[6] Both upstream and downstream, over 20,000 people were evacuated.[7] Construction of the dam was suspended in June 2014 due to a lack of funding.[8][9] In May 2016 the government released $35 million to Salini Impregilio[10] to enable the Italian contractor resume construction work that stopped two years ago owing to payment problems.[11] The Dam was eventually completed in December 2016 and commissioned in May 2017.[12]

References

  1. ^ Zimbabwe National Water Authority. "Dam Levels". Dam Levels.
  2. ^ "Update:Flood water over Tokwe Mukorsi Dam" (PDF). ReliefWeb. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Cheap design linked to problems at Tokwe-Mukosi". Nehanda Radio. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Water gushes over crumbling dam wall in Zimbabwe". Digital Journal. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Tokwe - Mukorsi Dam". Salini Impregilo. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Update: Tokwe Mukorsi dam in Zimbabwe". Digital Journal. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  7. ^ "In photos: The aftermath of Zimbabwe's Tokwe-Mukorsi dam disaster". Daily Maverick. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Tokwe-Mukorsi construction suspended". News Day. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Tokwe Mukosi dam complete". The Zimbabwean. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ^ "webuild". www.webuildgroup.com. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  11. ^ Tokwe-Mukosi Dam contractor resumes work
  12. ^ "Facts | Tugwi Mukosi Dam Frequently Asked Questions". www.tugwimukosidam.com. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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