The Mozambican government plans to invest around 3.8 billion meticals in the second phase of the project to build a drainage system in the city of Beira, Sofala province, in the center of the country, with a view to minimizing the impact of adverse weather conditions, the newspaper Noticias reported on Monday, December 2.
According to the newspaper, the director-general of the Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Administration (AIAS), Rute Nhamucho, said that “the contractor and the inspector have already been hired for the work, which could start this year.”
She pointed out that the process of resettling and compensating the families living in the neighborhoods where this infrastructure will be built is currently underway, and that the interventions in Beira are part of the emergency recovery and resilience plan following cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
The plan is being implemented by the government and is being co-financed by the World Bank, Invest International Netherlands and the German Development Bank (KfW).
Meanwhile, with regard to strengthening resilience to the impacts of climatic events in the province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, which was devastated by Cyclone Kenneth, Rute Nhamucho said that the study of the sanitation project for the city of Pemba is being completed.
“We hope to launch a public tender at the beginning of next year to hire a contractor to carry out the drainage works, which are part of this post-cyclone investment package,” she explained.
The project will be implemented with the support of the European Investment Bank.
