SHASHI RIVER POWER

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The proposed project would include: (1) water facilities including a dam on the Shashe River, pumping station, pipeline, treatment plant and distribution system to serve the mining complex, power station and township, and a separate water supply to serve a coal mine at Morupule; (2) power facilities including a 60 MW conventional steam power station, a transmission line to Francistown, the main city in northern Botswana, and an electric distribution system in the mining township; (3) two railroad branch lines to connect with the Rhodesia Railways main line through Botswana, a 10-mile spur to the coal field, and a 40-mile spur to the mine, smelter and power plant; and (4) township facilities including housing for Government, Government corporations and railway employees, roads, sewerage and other services, schools, administration, health service and other Government facilities.