Mozambique: Mapai multi-purpose dam study

The southern regional water authority Administração Regional de Águas do Sul (ARA Sul), invites expressions of interest by 22 December from consultants to carry out feasibility studies for the construction of a multi-purpose dam at Mapai in the southern province of Gaza.The proposed dam is one option to be studied as part of a wider flood control programme for the Limpopo Basin. In 2013, severe flooding in the lower stretches of the Limpopo resulted in the deaths of at least 47 people, the evacuation of thousands of inhabitants, the submersion of the city of Chókwè and the destruction of thousands of hectares of crops.