| Design and Preliminary Works |
All detailed designs for the dam, irrigation, water supply, and fisheries completed.
Five (5) staff houses, workshop, administration block, laboratory, fuel tanks
(93,000 L total), and other site establishment structures completed.
|
100% |
| Site Establishment |
Contractor’s camp, stores, access roads, laboratories, workshops, and safety
offices completed and operational.
|
100% |
| Multipurpose Dam Works |
Core trench excavation and grouting completed. Embankment filling at 65–68%,
vertical and horizontal filter media partially installed. Left and right bank
intake towers completed. Spillway excavation 85% done. Access road (3.9 km) to
dam site and balancing reservoir constructed.
|
68% |
| Water Supply Works |
Water Treatment Plant (40,000 m³/day) at 60–65% completion. External structures
for clarifiers, flocculators, filters, and administration block near completion.
Two 5-million-litre Mpanda Hill Tanks completed. About 8.8 km of PVC pipelines
laid at Mponela. Chlorine and chemical buildings completed to structural level.
|
54% |
| Irrigation Works |
4.9 km of Left Bank Canal cleared and leveled; excavation completed for 3.4 km.
Right Bank Canal site cleared (2.5 km). Box culverts constructed at Chainage
0+300. Design for night storage reservoirs and primary canal system finalized.
|
11% |
| Fisheries Works |
Design and siting of fish ponds completed covering approximately 8.5 ha
(68 tonnes/harvest potential). Soil testing completed; compensation process
initiated. Physical works yet to commence.
|
0% |
| Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) |
ESIA approved by MEPA; conditions implemented. Catchment co-management MOU
signed with the Department of Forestry. Quarry license and environmental
permits obtained.
|
100% |
| Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) |
RAP approved by the Ministry of Lands. Compensation payments effected for
1,125 PAPs totaling MWK 6.14 billion. Additional PAP assessments completed
for fisheries ponds and extended canal and dam area.
|
90% |
| Project Management and Supervision |
Over 18 monthly progress meetings held. All design reports reviewed and
approved. Regular monitoring by Ministry of Finance, ACB, and Parliamentary
Committees. Procurement of 7 vehicles completed.
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Ongoing |
