Africa-Press – Angola. The populations of Ombala-yo-Mungo (Ombadja), Namacunde and Dombondola, in the province of Cunene, began to benefit from the advantages of the water transfer system from the town of Cafu, at the beginning of April of this year, the period foreseen for the inauguration of the infrastructure.
The information was released on Friday in Luanda by the deputy governor for the Political, Social and Economic sector of that province, Apolo Ndinoulenga, during his participation in the third edition of the Café promoted by the Press Center of the Presidency of the Republic of Angola ( CIPRA), which addressed the issue of drought in the south of the country.
“Cunene will be celebrating”, predicted the official, for whom the project will also significantly reduce the process of transhumance in the areas affected by the drought, as well as the return to school of many children. It’s very big”, he stressed.
The director of the National Institute of Water Resources of the Ministry of Energy and Water, Manuel Quintino, who is in charge of the project, said, on the occasion, that the main components of the project are a pumping station capable of capturing and pumping, in a first phase, two cubic meters per second (two thousand liters), has a pressurized pipe with a length of approximately ten kilometers and a conduit channel with a length of 47 kilometers.
The eastern channel, which goes to Namacunde, continued, has a length of almost 55 kilometers and another with an approximate size that goes to Ndombondola. In addition to the canals, Manuel Quintino stressed that the project also has 30 chimpacas (water reservoirs), 93 drinking fountains for livestock and people.
Budgeted at US$136 million, the water transfer system from the Cunene River will also benefit around 235,000 people, 250,000 head of cattle and will have an area of approximately 5,000 hectares of land for the practice of agriculture.
This project is part of the structural works to combat the effects of drought in the south of the country and is part of a range of three approved for the province of Cunene.
The contract, which started in 2019, is in charge of the construction company Sinohydro Corporation Limitada, branch in Angola. According to data from the Provincial Civil Protection and Fire Service, Cunene has 102,970 families affected by drought and hunger, which makes a total of 514,800 people. Curoca, Cahama and Ombadja are the most affected municipalities in the province.
The third edition of Café CIPRA addressed “projects of great social impact in the South of Angola”, in order to inform society about the real state of execution of the same. They were facilitators of this edition, which was attended by several figures from society civil service, the Secretary of State for Public Works, Carlos dos Santos, the director of the National Institute of Water Resources of the Ministry of Energy and Water, Manuel Quintino, and the deputy governor for the Political, Social and Economic sector of Cunene, Apolo Ndinoulenga .
Café CIPRA, with the slogan “Dialogue without Mediation”, was broadcast live on the digital platforms of the Government of Angola and the institution itself.
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