LHDA marks milestone in Polihali dam construction

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), consultants and contractors on the Polihali dam have marked an early construction milestone – the diversion of the Senqu river by the pre-cofferdam, and the subsequent diversion of the river into and through the diversion tunnels ahead of the construction of the cofferdam upstream of the Polihali dam wall.  “This is quite an achievement to the engineering fraternity. It is a key moment of the construction programme because unless this happens, no other elements of dam construction can happen. It had to happen now because the timing of it during the winter season without rain was critical.  If you miss it by a week or two, you may miss the entire window by another 12 months.
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Presidency says progress being made to increase grant funding for Just Energy Transition …

The Presidency is exploring several avenues for increasing the grant component in the financing of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP), following broad-based stakeholder criticism about the limited nature of such funding in the initial $8.5-billion pledge made by various developed countries. The head of the Presidency’s JET-IP project management unit (PMU), Joanne Yawitch, reports that discussions are under way with multilateral funding institutions, philanthropic organisations and developed economy governments about additional grant allocations for JET-IP projects and that the details are currently being finalised.
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