Mozambique - Massingir Dam Emergency Rehabilitation Project (MDERP) - Supplementary Loan

The Massingir Dam Emergency Rehabilitation Project (MDERP) was designed to deal with an emergency situation in Mozambique. Indeed, the dam was in an unstable state, due to the low flow through the spillway while about 1 million people (or 5% of the total population of Mozambique) live in the vicinity of the dam, and their lives, Livelihoods and assets were threatened by a collapse in the event of floods. During its implementation, this project was evaluated in March 2009 following an emergency following the collapse of the Massingir Dam's bottom drain, which resulted in uncontrollable discharge of water. The Mozambican government then sought the support of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to remedy this situation. To this end, the AfDB reacted promptly by approving in July 2009 an emergency loan of UA 13.30 million (considered as an additional loan) for the repair of the bottom drain at the total estimated cost of UA 21.4 million, the balance to be borne by the Government of Mozambique. Initially, the project consisted of two main components: (i) component A: Rehabilitation of the Massingir Dam sump; ii) Component B: Project Management. With the additional loan, these components remained the same, while consultant services for the supervision of the works will be integrated into the project management component.